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Shirer see the Polish-American Journal and The Guardian for details. Guderian, and spread by the famed war correspondent William J.

Shades of the famed charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava during the Crimean War, which led a French general, Pierre Bosquet, observing the brave but pointless charge, to remark, C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c’est de la folie (“It is magnificent, but it is not war: it is madness”).Īpparently, romantic as the tale was, the story wasn’t true: it was a myth created by the panzer commander Gen. One of the great romantic stories of World War II, is of Polish lancers bravely –and desperately– charging German tanks in the opening days of World War II. In addition to the lances chosen by some of these mounted cavalrymen, all of them were issued sabers and carried rifles slung on their backs.” Caption in the Polish-American Journal: “Polish cavalry during maneuvers before World War II.