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This will be an AAR of the battle scenrio of the invasion of Poland. I will supply screenshots and try to make the story good to read. This will not be an ordinary AAR describing battles and all, but I'm sure you'll figure that out yourself.

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Prologue​

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21 May 1965
Somewhere in New York

Dawid was staring at the chess board. He had been invited by the old man to come and join him in a game of chess in the park. After the game, the old man had said that he wanted to discuss some things. He didn't want to give more information until after the game.
The old man had played it wise, Dawid was stuck.
"Hmmmm..."
Barnabas leaned back. His left eye was white and his right cheeck still showed the signs of warfare. Signs of warfare, signs of a bullet just missing his head and a mortar grenade smashing into the ground next to him.
" I'm checkmate, good game Barnabas."
Dawid leaned over and shook hands with the old man, who sat back down and smiled a bit.
"Dawid...how old are you now?"
"26, Barnabas. Having trouble with your memory?"

Both men smiled.
"No, no...your ehm...father, he....you look just like him."
Dawid looked at the man in suprise.
"You knew my father? Is this why you wanted me to come over?"
"I...well...your father...he wanted me to tell you this when I felt you were ready. Come with me, Dawid. Let's go for a walk..."

Dawid and Barnabas stood up. Barnabas walked with a stick and wore a long black coat. On his head stood a black hat, covering his baldness. He was blind in one eye, a result from the war.

The two men started walking and Barnabas told the tale he felt he had to tell.
"Dawid...as you know, you were not born in the USA. Your mother and father both were Poles."
Dawid fell silent and stared at the ground. He didn't look up when he said.
"I never knew my father...stupid war..."
Barnabas nodded.
"Indeed, Dawid, indeed. Stupid, idiotic war. All the destruction for the will of one man. War, war never changes...Families ripped apart, homes destroyed."
Both men fell silent and continued their walk. They walked for a while until Dawid asked:
"Where are we going?"
"To my home. There are things I must tell you and show you. How I got to know your father and how you lost him."

They arrived at his door a few minutes later.
"Come in, Dawid, there are a lot of things I have to tell you"
 
Chapter 1: Diary of a Polish soldier

Chapter 1: Diary of a Polish soldier

Barnabas put the plate with tea down. He sat down and took a cup of it, Dawid did the same. They were sitting at a long square table, covered with old photo's and newspapers.
"As you can see, Poland had it's share of misery..."
Dawid took a sip of his tea and nodded. He looked up from the newspapers and photo's and asked Barnabas:
"How did you get to know my father?"
"Well, let me begin at the beginning. I got to know your father at my job. We both worked at a construction company. Me and your father worked there for 3 years until it went bankrupt.”
“What did you do then?”

Barnabas sipped from his tea.
“As many young men did, we went to serve our country in the army. We were eventually stationed in Suwalki. In the division 1DP Legionow, our division was part of the GO Wyzkow army. It was led by....let me think.”
Barnabas leaned back and thought.
“I can still remember his face. Perfectly shaven, turning a bit grey around the ears...Kowalski! That was his name. Lt. General Kowalski.”
“How many divisions were in your army?”
“Four divisions, we...guarded the border. The Polish army was big but horribly outdated. We still used old rifles and hardly had any automatic guns.”

Barnabas fell silent. Dawid sipped his tea, waited for a few minutes, then asked:
“...and then came the 1st September?”
Barnabas sighed.
“Yes, 1 September 1939. The entire army had already been mobilized and we had taken up positions at the border. I...we, your father and me...we guarded the communications center in Suwalki. We knew some guys who were guarding the border in Danzig and Poznan.”
“What happened to them?”
“They were sending reports of German troop movements through when a mortar grenade hit their bunker. I was deaf for three hours....”

Both men fell silent again.
“But....”
Barnabas rose from his chair and walked to his bedroom. He returned a few minutes later with a little brown book.
“It took me a long while to find out where you lived. Here....I have this diary of your father...you should have it. It will explain things more clearly than I can..”
Dawid accepted the book with shaking hands.
“This is the diary of my father?”
Barnabas nodded. After finishing the tea, Dawid left and ran to his home where he sat down and began to read.
 
Chapter 2:

Chapter 2: For those that I love​

Dawid flipped some pages until he reached the date of 24 January 1939.

"24 July 1939
Monica told me I will be a father soon. As soon as I'm home from standing guard at the border, I will think up names with my wife. I have to say though, that that may take a while. We have noticed several German troops movements. Tonight me and some other soldiers are going to cross the border and scout the German camp for any clues. Maybe we'll find out what they are up to. Let us hope this is just a reorganisation of the army."

"25 July 1939
It's almost morning now and I have just returned from the scouting...the Germans are massing troops around the Koningsberg fort. From what we have seen, they have at least 30 pieces of heavy artillery and several of their Stuka's. We were almost caught but managed to run away in time.

I hope there won't be war. Oh yeah, almost forgot to write down, I got off tomorrow. I'm going home!"


A paper was attached to the bottom of the page. It was a copy of the scouting report.

>> To: General Kowalski
>> Subject: Operation Cyclops
>> We have found several German armors and a huge fuel depot. We tried to approach it but we found it to be extremely guarded and thus we could not approach it close. We also heard several planes flying over, we followed the landing lights on the planes and found the German airbase. We counted at least 1 full division of Stuka's and 2 divisions of Messerschmits. A few kilometers from the border, we also found at least 30 pieces of heavy artillery but still undeployed.

>> I recommend digging trenches and preparing ourselves for an eventual offensive. Of course, these troop movements can also indicate a reorganisation of the eastern German troops.

>> Signed: Karel Vistrov


"12 August 1939
If it's a boy, we'll name him Dawid. If it's a girl, we'll name her Anna. Too bad I'm already back at the base but the entire army has been mobilised. In a few hours, I have heard, we'll have to take up defensive positions at the border. Barnabas and me will be guarding the communications center to warn of an eventual German attack."

"28 August 1939
It all seemed to be false alarm. We dug trenches during these two weeks of false alarmsI think it's all German bluffing. We all know they want Danzig but I'm sure the nazi's will never attack us for it. We got Britain's and France's backing and they have pledged to aid us in case of war. It is good to have powerful allies.

I can't stop thinking about my son. 8 more months and he will be born. It strenghtens me to serve Poland like no soldier has ever done before. Now I have two people to defend and worth fighting for. No one can make me unhappy now, not even that fool in Germany."

"1 September 1939
I can't write much, I have to go to my post in a few minutes. We were listening to the German radio and heard that mad psycho yelling: "Danzig oder Krieg!". Poland will not budge to any opressor anymore. It shall be war and we shall fight to the last man.

German troops have been seen crossing the border in the west of the land. Barnabas seems to be very calm. But I wonder what we will be doing against the Germans. They have powerful automatic guns, powerful rifles. We have the same rifles we used against the Russians years ago.

But nevertheless, we Poles, we are the first to fight. May God help me survive and guide me home after this. May He also guard my child and wife in Warsaw. No time to lose now, I have to go now and defend all that I love."


Dawid put the diary on a nearby table and went to bed. When his wife asked him why he looked so upset, he smiled a bit and fell asleep.