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Dec 2019
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The Invasion of Poland 1939 w/ Robert Fo...

NOAH TETZNER
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Today I chat with military historian, Robert Forczyk about the Nazi-Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939. We discuss the most common myths surrounding the Polish army and the difference between the German and Soviet invaders.


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