Soviet Union - The Polish Campaign (I) - 08 Nov to 06 Dec 1936

08 Nov 1936: We receive the justification to conquer Poland....
....so I declare war on Poland.
I activate all my Armies and we have also put an end to the League of Nations. Nobody will miss them.
I attach 2 Air Wings to 3. Army in the Ground Support role.
I order both Baltic Fleets to patrol in the Lower Baltic Sea.
13 Nov 1936: Armour Reserve has already punched a hole in the Polish defences and is heading to Warsaw via Kowel.
I commit 8 Rifle Divisions from 1. Army to support the attack from Minsk.
14 Nov 1936: The 10. and 36. Kavaleriya Diviziya are attacking towards Pinsk.
16 Nov 1936: I order 12 diviziya from 3 Armies to attack on Armour Reserve's left flank towards Lwów and Zamosc.
17 Nov 1936: Seven Mechanized Diviziya are advancing through Lublin and Radom to Warsaw. They appear to be facing no opposition.
Our forces are working to broaden the breach in the Polish defences.
21 Nov 1936: I add the 'Force Attack' bonus to Army Poland and Armour Reserve. The Polish defences have been breached NW of Minsk.
Our forces have returned from Spain and I return them to Mountaineer Army.
23 Nov 1936: Lwów has fallen and I order 4 Mountain Diviziya to advance towards Radom and Lódz.
25 Nov 1936: The southern breach is now much larger and we are storming towards Warsaw and Kraków.
28 Nov 1936: Our Armour is at the gates of Radom and we now have a 3rd breach NW of Zhytomyr.
29 Nov 1936: We have captured Radom, the last city before Warsaw.
06 Dec 1936: Warsaw has fallen and furthe south we have captured Kielce which is NE of the new capital Kraków.
 Four weeks to Warsaw is not bad at all but Poland has not yet capitulated.

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