# Polish Mig 29s

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polish-mig-29s/960773>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Tags:** ukraine-invasion\
**Created:** [March 9, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polish-mig-29s/960773 "2022-03-09T20:18:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polish-mig-29s/960773/21 "2022-03-10T01:04:09Z")

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Indeed.

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polish-mig-29s/960773/22 "2022-03-10T14:45:33Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> I can’t believe that such a large army could screw up that much. These are not the guys who beat the Germans.

No, they’re the guys who lost 700,000 soldiers to the Germans in the _First_ Battle of Kiev (1941).

> **[Battle of Kiev (1941)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kiev_(1941))**
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> German victory
> 700,544 men
> Phase 1

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polish-mig-29s/960773/23 "2022-03-10T15:11:56Z")

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Wow. Thanks, Alessan.

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