On 16/08/2014 08:53, charles wrote:
In article , harryagain
wrote:

"Nightjar "cpb"@" "insert my surname here wrote in message
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On 15/08/2014 19:09, John Williamson wrote: ...
Horses do have a use in societies that don't have sufficient technical
resources to make tractors or want them in their society...

The British Army, otherwise the only fully mechanised army in the world
in 1939, also had a few cavalry units in the Middle East, where the
terrain was unsuitable for the vehicles of the day.

The Germans had lots when they invaded Poland.

wrong way round. The Poles still had cavalry - the Germans had tanks.


The German army, indeed all armies in 1939 except the British army,
still depended upon horses for their supply lines.

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Colin Bignell