title: Chapter 11The weaker against the stronger. War in the Air - Poland 1939 and Ukraine 2022
abstract: Poland in September 1939 and Ukraine in February 2022 found themselves in a very similar situation: they had to face an enemy that prevailed not only numerically, but also qualitatively. The entire territory of our countries was under air strikes, there were no safe areas. This situation has become an extremely serious challenge for military aviation and the air defense system of our countries. The fundamental difference between the situation of the two victims of aggression was that in Septembe