Poland

[cephalos]

That was wiki entry about the war in poland. "holding line" is not the right word i think. More "retreating till the end of the war" 

Doesn't count 
French forces during fall gelb were retreating all the time. And Ruskies during operation Barbarossa?

[GodlikeDennis]

Yeah that's a little bit of an unfair assessment of Poland. It was being squashed in by 2 massive forces and was the first experience of Blitzkrieg. Polish commanders couldn't get orders through because communications were cut by fast moving German assaults.

[Paciat]

That was wiki entry about the war in Poland. "holding line" is not the right word i think. More "retreating till the end of the war" 

Retreating? Where Poland isnt Russia, enemies on every side
5529 km borders 4308 km of with the enemy. Also the biggest battle of 1939 and the biggest allied offensive battle of 1939-1941 hapened at Bzura river. Two Polish armies were encircled west of their capital and tried to break thru... some made it...
Ow... "retreating till the end of the war"? Thats III Reich in 1943 your talking about.
EDIT: Damn that map looks ugly but I couldnt find a better one (quickly). Looks like a job of a 10 year old child.

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

Paciat is right. Polish troups fought desperately to defend their country, waiting for Western Allied help that was promised but never came. They used a lot of outdated equipment to stand against two superior modern equipped Armies. They fought bravely, one good example here:
The "Westerplatte" in Danzig/Gdansk was the second target of Germany in the early hours of September 1st 1939. It was attacked by the German ship "Schlesweig Holstein" and several StuKas, but the small crew of the Westerplatte defended themselves for 7 days against Germany. In the end, when the crew was arrested, German officers saluted when the crew passed them and the commander was allowed to keep his saber in captivity in order to use it if he wants.

[Shadowmetroid]

Paciat is right. Polish troups fought desperately to defend their country, waiting for Western Allied help that was promised but never came. They used a lot of outdated equipment to stand against two superior modern equipped Armies. They fought bravely, one good example here:
The "Westerplatte" in Danzig/Gdansk was the second target of Germany in the early hours of September 1st 1939. It was attacked by the German ship "Schlesweig Holstein" and several StuKas, but the small crew of the Westerplatte defended themselves for 6 days against Germany. In the end, when the crew was arrested, German officers saluted when the crew passed them and the commander was allowed to keep his saber in captivity in order to use it if he wants.

Brave soldiers, indeed.  Thx for the story.

[Killar]

Too much emotions here

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

Too much emotions here

Or simply to many facts?

[cephalos]

7 days, precisely.

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

Yeah ok, edited. But Polish forces deserve respect. 

[HyperSniper999]

You all are right. But the Poles, no matter how interesting they are, simply wouldn't fit in and be fun to play. I mean, put a little Polish 1930's tankette next to an IS-3. Although I guess the devs set themselves up for that with this uber, borderline post-war  tank which would set the game to 1945. They could've set it up so the Soviets were an early 40's faction and not a mid-late 40's faction, but people wouldn't get their beloved IS-3. But then OH would have to be sped up because 1941-43 Soviets would be out of place compared to Relic's D-Day factions.

[Killar]

A polish faction would be better in an independet mod featuring all the vehicles and weapons in the beginning of the war.

[cephalos]

A polish faction would be better in an independet mod featuring all the vehicles and weapons in the beginning of the war.

+1 I even have a concept written down on my PC.

You all are right. But the Poles, no matter how interesting they are, simply wouldn't fit in and be fun to play. I mean, put a little Polish 1930's tankette next to an IS-3. Although I guess the devs set themselves up for that with this uber, borderline post-war  tank which would set the game to 1945. They could've set it up so the Soviets were an early 40's faction and not a mid-late 40's faction, but people wouldn't get their beloved IS-3. But then OH would have to be sped up because 1941-43 Soviets would be out of place compared to Relic's D-Day factions.

+1

[RedGuard]

poland sucked did they even use guns? a friend told me they used horses

[cephalos]

poland sucked did they even use guns? a friend told me they used horses

lol, what an ignorance.
Red Army and Werhmacht used horses too. Does it mean they sucked too?
Horses were effective and cheap way to transport troops to and from battle. In Poland there wasn't a lot of good quality roads ( in Soviet Union too), so Polish soliders were using horses as they were capable of crossing terrain that trucks couldn't.

And yes, Poles used guns. Sometimes they were using them more effective than some Soviet cowards did.

[RedGuard]

I was just kidding but cool dude

ur real cool