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To what extent and effectiveness was horse cavalry used in World War II (WWII)?
I've read about the ineffectiveness of Polish non-mechanized cavalry agains Germany early in the war, but how did it play a role in the rest of WW2?
There were a number of occasions when horses were used in WWII, surprisingly most of which was by Germany despite it's reputation of being uber-mechanised.
Most of Germany's secondary units used horses as transport (both troops and guns) and even it's regular army and some SS divisions used cavalry attacks in the early stages of Operation Barbarossa. The Russians countered these with cavalry of their own with the Cossack regiments in the Caucasus mountains.
The most effective battle of Polish cavalry was at Mokra , where the Wolynska cavalry brigade, supported with an armored train stopped and caused serious losses to 4th Panzer division (about 50 tanks and 500-800 troops).
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