For another thought reference, one can view the dramatic film... “War Horse” that Spielberg put out.
Another example of the “leftover” tactics is in this film— that being the surprise charge of British cavalry (with the War Horse “Joey” and his rider, who purchased him in Devon, UK) through a German camp and right into a line of forest FULL of machine guns— slaughtering the unit. A Unit of swordsman— armed only with a sidearm, which they never got to use.
The Aussies at Gallipoli had rifles and used them in the charges on the Turks. You would think someone had learned that from them— Brits are an odd lot in the learning convincing department.
The last (i guess) cavalry charge came finally in Poland- with truly brave Polish cavalry charging Nazi tanks.. think of that— fully 25 years after 1914. Such beautiful horses, from a bygone tradition. Prior to 1914 in the US... it was the huge cavalry battle Union vs. CSA at Brandy Station, VA— which did include sidearms.
“The last (i guess) cavalry charge came finally in Poland- with truly brave Polish cavalry charging Nazi tanks.. think of that— fully 25 years after 1914.”
The last US horse cavalry charge was in the Philippines in WWII during the fighting withdrawal to Corregidor. So it would have been after 1940 and that would place it after the Polish charge against the Germans. It successfully drove the Japanese out of a small town (temporarily of course). It is documented in General Ramsey’s book on WWII in the Philippines.
IIrc, that charge of Polish cavalry against German tanks was a desperate attempt by the Polish troops to cause enough confusion to buy time for other forces to retreat out of a pincer envelopment by those tanks.
If I’m correct in my memory, it was a known suicidal charge by those Polish soldiers with the hope of saving their comrades.