But significant resources were diverted. Around 2,000 Nazi soldiers were tied down by around 1,000 Jewish resistance fighters armed with ancient revolvers and molotov cocktails. And they were tied down for longer than it took the German army to conquer all of Poland and France.<p>Holding up 2,000 soldiers for a month isn&#x27;t a big deal in the scheme of millions of soldiers. But when it&#x27;s done by only 1,000 incredibly poorly armed civilians, it shows what could have been done with more and better armed civilians.