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Mocked for Charging Tanks, Poland Had Already Broken Enigma

Credits and sources for this video.

Images (14)

• The commander of the Pomeranian Cavalry Brigade, General Stanisław Grzmot-Skotnicki (on the right) during the parade
  Author unknown. CC0.
• 255 Squadron RAF Beaufighter MK II at RAF Hibaldstow Sept 1941
  not stated. Assumed RAF.. Public domain.
• Doctor Carrot - the Children's Best Friend Art.IWMPST8105
  Unknown (artist). Public domain.
• Dunkirk 1940 HU1150
  Author unknown. Public domain.
• Enigma-Machine
  United States Government Work. Public domain.
• Fenella at the East Mole, Dunkirk.
  Royal Navy official photographer. Public domain.
• HMS Bulldog
  Royal Navy official photographer. Public domain.
• John Cunningham by Cuthbert Orde
  Cuthbert Orde, for Air Ministry of UK government.. Public domain.
• Marian Rejewski
  No photographer mentioned in either source. Public domain.
• The British Army in the UK- Evacuation From Dunkirk, May-June 1940 H1661
  Puttnam (Mr) and Malindine (Mr), War Office official photographer. Public domain.
• U-110 and HMS Bulldog
  Royal Navy official photographer. Public domain.
• U-110 surfacing after depth charging
  Cmdr. Vivian Funge Smith. Public domain.
• Uroczystości Święta Żołnierza 1938 w Wejherowie - gen. Grzmot-Skotnicki NAC 1-P-3383-8
  Author unknown. Public domain.
• Winston Churchill As Prime Minister 1940-1945 MH26392
  Cecil Beaton. Public domain.

Thumbnail

• Enigma-Machine
  United States Government Work. Public domain, cropped, modified.
• Winston Churchill As Prime Minister 1940-1945 MH26392
  Cecil Beaton. Public domain, cropped, modified.

Music

• Score composed for this channel with ElevenLabs Music
  ElevenLabs Music, paid plan with commercial use.

Sources (26)

• "Polish cavalry versus German tanks: die-hard WWII myth", AFP dispatch (Warsaw, 30 August 2009), via SpaceWar
  spacewar.com/polish-cavalry-versus-german-tanks-die-hard-wwii-myth-999
• "No, Polish Cavalry Never Attacked Nazi Tanks, Irate Poland Tells Mad Money Host", Foreign Policy, 23 May 2017
  foreignpolicy.com/2017/05/23/no-polish-cavalry-never-attacked-nazi-tanks-irate-poland-tells-mad-money-host
• "Debunking Polish stereotypes: the cavalry charge against German tanks", The Guardian, 2011 (excerpt via History News Network, 5 April 2011)
  historynewsnetwork.org/article/debunking-polish-stereotypes-the-cavalry-charge-ag
• "No, Polish Cavalry Never Charged German Tanks at Krojanty", War History Online
  warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/polish-cavalry-charge-at-krojanty.html
• "Polish Cavalry did charge German tanks in World War II… and they won", All About History (History Answers, Future plc)
  historyanswers.co.uk/history-of-war/polish-cavalry-vs-german-tanks-the-lies-the-betrayal-and-the-unlikely-truth
• "Misconceptions About World War II", Mental Floss
  mentalfloss.com/history/world-war-ii/misconceptions-about-world-war-ii
• "Operation Dynamo: Things you need to know about the Dunkirk Evacuation", English Heritage (Dover Castle)
  english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/dover-castle/history-and-stories/operation-dynamo-things-you-need-to-know
• "Dunkirk — The Rescue Fleet and Numbers Rescued", Dunkirk 1940 (dunkirk1940.org, memorial association)
  dunkirk1940.org/index.php?p=1_187
• "We Shall Fight on the Beaches", text of the speech of 4 June 1940, International Churchill Society
  winstonchurchill.org/resources/speeches/1940-the-finest-hour/we-shall-fight-on-the-beaches
• Richard Toye, "'We shall fight on the beaches': 3 things you never knew about Churchill's most famous speech", History of government (UK government blog), 2 December 2013
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• Benjamin Schwarz, "Calls to Arms", review of The Roar of the Lion (Richard Toye, 2013), New York Times, 2013 (excerpt via History News Network, 1 December 2013)
  historynewsnetwork.org/article/calls-to-arms
• "How WWII Made Everybody Think Carrots Were Good for Eyes…", Today I Found Out, June 2021
  todayifoundout.com/index.php/2021/06/how-wwii-made-everybody-think-carrots-were-good-for-eyes-and-why-it-didnt-really-have-to-do-with-tricking-the-germans
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  maritimequest.com/daily_event_archive/2005/may/09_u_110.htm
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  slashfilm.com/837859/why-u-571-was-marred-by-controversy-in-the-uk
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• "U-571", film notes (johndclare.net)
  johndclare.net/wwii8_sandiegoU-571.html
• "Milestones: First Breaking of Enigma Code by the Team of Polish Cipher Bureau, 1932-1939", Engineering and Technology History Wiki (IEEE)
  ethw.org/Milestones:First_Breaking_of_Enigma_Code_by_the_Team_of_Polish_Cipher_Bureau,_1932-1939
• "The Polish Codebreakers: The First to Break Enigma", Station HYPO, 27 July 2026
  stationhypo.com/2026/07/27/the-polish-codebreakers-the-first-to-break-enigma
• "Marian Rejewski", IEEE Computer Society, Computer Pioneers (J. A. N. Lee, 1995)
  history.computer.org/pioneers/rejewski.html
• "Kampfgeschwader Lützow", film page, filmportal.de (Deutsches Filminstitut)
  filmportal.de/en/movie/kampfgeschwader-lutzow_ea43d4a78b535006e03053d50b37753d
• "With saber against tanks – the absurd myth of the Polish September 1939", Armed Conflicts (armedconflicts.com)
  armedconflicts.com/13222-With-saber-against-tanks-the-absurd-myth-of-the-Polish-September-1939
• "When the lights went out", The Orkney News, 12 December 2023 (after the IWM page "The nation at a standstill")
  theorkneynews.scot/2023/12/12/when-the-lights-went-out
• "Polish Enigma double", Crypto Museum
  cryptomuseum.com/crypto/enigma/polish/index.htm

Notes

Maps, paper cut-outs, documents and silhouettes are drawn in code; the "old film" passages are photographs.