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That's the Explorers Podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to history of the Second World War, episode 117, the September campaign part nine, Army Pomorcia.

This week, a big thank you goes out to Matt and

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heading over to History of the Second World War.com slash members. This episode will focus, as the title

suggests, on Army Pomorcia. In my opinion, this army, out of all the

Polish armies, was in the worst position at the start of the invasion. If you think about the

Polish corridor as a thumb that stuck up from the main area of Poland and then touched

the Baltic Sea, Army Pomorcia was positioned between the knuckle and the base of the

thumb. In this position, they were completely exposed to attacks from both directions, from northern

Germany and from East Prussia. And there was also the possibility that they would be surrounded and

destroyed without being able to retreat south and east towards

Warsaw. Most of Army Pomorcia's strength was also positioned northwest of the Vistula River,

which made it critical that bridges over the river be held and protected to keep open that line of

retreat. Army Pomorcia would pay the price in blood to the political need to defend the corridor. The army would be

commanded by General Bartnowski, and due to the threats from both the east and west, he had set up

his forces to cover from both directions. Two infantry divisions would be positioned to intercept

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