Blitzkreig in Poland

mholmes168 · #1 (**permalink**) September 20th, 2009, 05:44 PM

I am going back to the start of the war and the invasion of Poland by the Germans. Does anyone have a book they would recommend?

Thank you.

hucks216 · #2 (**permalink**) September 20th, 2009, 06:08 PM

Blitzkrieg Unleashed by Richard Hargreaves

halder · #3 (**permalink**) September 22nd, 2009, 05:44 PM

Aside from my own Blitzkrieg Unleashed, there's Bill Russ' Case White which is extremely detailed - particularly useful for wargamers/serious historians.

From the Polish side, Stephen Zaloga's September Campaign is very good, although it lacks the human element.

sniper1946 · #4 (**permalink**) September 22nd, 2009, 06:39 PM

welcome mholmes...

hucks216 · #5 (**permalink**) September 23rd, 2009, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by halder

Aside from my own Blitzkrieg Unleashed, there's Bill Russ' Case White which is extremely detailed - particularly useful for wargamers/serious historians.

From the Polish side, Stephen Zaloga's September Campaign is very good, although it lacks the human element.

Do you have an ISBN for the Case White book?

L-Raiser · #6 (**permalink**) September 23rd, 2009, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by hucks216

Blitzkrieg Unleashed by Richard Hargreaves

I've read it and it very good, Richard is a very good writter (read his Germans in Normandy also) so his book is a very good place to start.

Also Osprey's Poland 1939 (Campaign series) is a very good place to start at 96 pages it's probably a good stepping stone into more detailed studies.

halder · #7 (**permalink**) September 23rd, 2009, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by hucks216

Do you have an ISBN for the Case White book?

Doesn't have one, but there are copies on abe and ebay, e.g.

Case White: German Army in the Polish Campaign Sep 1939 on eBay (end time 09-Oct-09 22:33:55 BST)

Or you could try Bill direct. He's a regular on AHF and to a lesser extent Feldgrau.

hucks216 · #8 (**permalink**) September 23rd, 2009, 09:05 PM

Thank you. I will have to see if my brother can get that book for me as I refuse to use Ebay now due to someone stealing my ID on the site in 2007 and using it to sell non-existent items on the site while I was away on a deployment. Second day home after 9 months away and there was me in the police station writing out a statement explaining how it couldn't possibly of been me. Not the sort of welcome home I was thinking of!