Initially the attack was fairly successful mainly because of the numeric superiority displayed by the Polish Army and because the 24th and 30th German Infantry divisions were caught by surprise. However, after two full days of fighting the Polish Army was finally out powered by the German forces while receiving intense aerial attacks both by the German aviation and artillery. On September the 18th the focal point of the Polish resistance finally collapsed and after three days of cleaning out a few resilient spots the battle ended with the destruction of the Pomorze and Poznan Armies. The German Army that attacked Poland on September 1939 had a somewhat experimental approach, and had many undefined areas both on its equipment, tactics and internal organization. For instance, the cooperation between the armored divisions and the standard Infantry was rather wanting. Only a few units were equipped with the latest equipment, and some units were even equipped with vintage material manufactured between WWI and WWII.
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