{"id":1599920,"date":"2024-09-01T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/?p=1599920"},"modified":"2025-07-28T11:41:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:41:46","slug":"85-years-ago-polish-september-1939","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2024\/09\/01\/85-years-ago-polish-september-1939\/","title":{"rendered":"85 years ago – Polish September 1939"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1 September. It is the 85th anniversary of September 1939, those five dramatic weeks in the history of Europe and the World when a lonely Poland defended itself against the double aggression of Nazi Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union.<\/p>\n

Although the numerical and technical superiority of the aggressors gave no chance of an even fight, the Poles defended themselves bravely, proving their skills. They flew PZL fighters, once the most modern in the world, but by 1939 already obsolete. It was on the PZL P.7 and P.11 that the Polish pilots gained combat experience, and on these aircraft they flew to Romania after the Soviet invasion on 17 September, to reach the West and continue the fight. Thanks to this, a year later they were victorious over the Germans in the Battle of Britain, where the Polish No. 303 Squadron proved the most successful among the Allies.<\/p>\n

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PZL fighters<\/h2>\n

In the early 1930s, when the whole world was flying fabric-covered biplanes, Poland made a great technological leap. Zygmunt Pulawski, an engineer at the Warsaw PZL plant, designed state-of-the-art, all-metal, monoplane fighters powered by reliable British Bristol engines. For several years they were the world’s best fighters and Poland exported them to many countries.<\/p>\n

Samoloty Brygady Po\u015bcigowej w obiektywie Henryka Podd\u0119bskiego<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n