Talk:Soviet order of battle for invasion of Poland in 1939

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"less resistance"[edit]

As per: Polish September Campaign

Polish border defence forces (Korpus Ochrony Pogranicza) in the east (about 25 battalions) were unable to defend the border, and Edward Rydz-Śmigly further ordered them to fall back and not engage the Soviets. This, however, did not prevent some clashes and small battles.

That above seems correct to me. OTOH, the Soviet order of battle for invasion of Poland in 1939 article says:

" Joining battle after the Germans had already launched their attacks, the Soviets met less resistance"

From what a heavy resistance the Germans met, saying simply "less" here, seems misleading. Germans were fiercely fought. From what's in the article, the Soviets were little fought at that time, if at all. I will change "less" for "little". I don't want to touch any raw nerves. Please respond if disagreed. Don't just revert. --Irpen 03:49, July 19, 2005 (UTC)

-- does anyone know why the western allies did not declare war on the USSR after they invaded Poland? Was the pact between France-UK-Poland to defend Poland per se or was it solely aimed at Germany?

Please make yourself clear. What allies? You mean US&UK? And when did they invade Poland? And why did they suppose to attack USSR to defend Poland? If I recall correctly there weren't any conflicts among Poland and SU after 1939 and definitely no "allies" able to help Poland at that time anyway... By the way Poland was liberated from Nazi by SU...Dreambringer 12:11, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dreambringer, you need to check your history. Poland was split in half between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. Russia DID invade Poland. As for 'liberating' Poland....well, you could argue forever over that. Articles need completing, not disputing 'cos people aren't aware of history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.255.248.225 (talk) 08:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

11th Army[edit]

Probably had the same organisation noted in the 11th Army (Soviet Union) article--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 22:18, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Missing units[edit]

The following were removed from the 17 September OOB that were in the previous unsourced version of the OOB

24th Corps

- 87th Rifle Division
- 46th Rifle Division

These need to be included in the 2 October OOB as they were deployed from other districts during the campaign, and were present at its conclusion--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 01:32, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ranks[edit]

The ranks are pre-war. Note that only one army commander is in the Army Commander rank as a result of the 1937 purge--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 01:46, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]