Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Charge at Krojanty" in English language version.
small skirmish near the hamlet of Krojanty.
small skirmish near the hamlet of Krojanty.
If a single image dominates the popular perception of the Polish campaign of 1939, it is the scene of Polish cavalry bravely charging the Panzers with their lances. Like many other details of the campaign, it is a myth that was created by German wartime propaganda and perpetuated by sloppy scholarship. Yet such myths have also been embraced by the Poles themselves as symbols of their wartime gallantry, achieving a cultural resonance in spite of their variance with the historical record.