National Review, June 14th, 1985
FORGET THE legendary cavalry charge against the tanks, according to the authors of this detailed and technical account of the Nazi invasion of Poland. The only actual charge was a success: A saber charge wiped out a German battalion, but before the Poles could return to their own lines several armored cars arrived on the scene and killed twenty troopers with cannon fire. Italian war correspondents visiting the battlefield the next day were told that the Poles had died while charging German tanks, which became a feature of German propaganda believed to this day. The outcome of any war with Ge...
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