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Originally Posted by Fluffysheap

I've never been assigned a patrol grid there, but in GWX it doesn't matter if you go to your patrol grid, so you can ignore the useless British grid you will be assigned and go to Poland if you like.I have done some fighting against the Poles in '39. Neither GWX nor stock implement the attack by the Schleswig-Holstein (I know, I went there, it didn't )

Poland is by far the stiffest opposition you will face in 1939, so only do it if you want a challenge. It is like a little preview of 1944. Much of the issue is that almost all their traffic is in or near harbor, so you will have shallow bottoms and little maneuvering room - and the Poles have plenty of destroyers and well-trained crews. Even if you manage to sink a ship, you may not get credit, as it may settle on the bottom without actually going under. But, at least you will not hit any mines, or have to worry about airplanes.

If you are patient, you may be able to find some merchants in the "open" Baltic, but you may not. There are not all that many Polish merchant ships, and you may instead find yourself facing the ever-present Norwegians. It may actually be easier to find Polish merchants in the Skagerrak than off the coast of Poland!

In fact Polish Navy could prepare in '39 against Kriegsmarine only 1 destroyer, 1 large and 6 small minelayers, 5 submarines and 2 small gunboats.