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Waveform Audio File Format  |  1994-01-17  |  600.6 KB  |  1 channel  |  11,025 sample rate  |  55 seconds
Transcription: There was no likelihood that Poland alone could defend itself against the German war machine, having little in the way of modern war materials. Its air force had some 900 obsolete aircraft, the navy, four destroyers, five submarines, six minesweepers and a minelayer. The land forces made one armored brigade with 300 light tanks and 30 infantry and cavalry units, with only light caliber artillery. Against these forces came the 1400 aircraft of the German Luftwaffe. fourteen tank divisions and forty-four infantry divisions. The Poles fought bravely, particularly in the defense of Warsaw. On the ...