Invasion of Poland (1939)

Invasion of Poland (1939)
Part of World War II
German troops dismantle a Polish border checkpoint, September 1, 1939, as World War II begins.
Date 1 September – 6 October 1939 Location Poland Result Decisive Axis and Soviet victory.
Combatants
Poland	Germany, Soviet Union, Slovakia
Commanders
Edward Rydz-Śmigły	Fedor von Bock (Army Group North), Gerd von Rundstedt (Army Group South), Mikhail Kovalov (Belorussian Front), Semyon Timoshenko (Ukrainian Front), Ferdinand Čatloš (Field Army Bernolak)
Strength
39 divisions, 16 brigades, 4,300 guns, 880 tanks, 400 aircraft Total: 950,000	Germany: 56 divisions, 4 brigades, 10,000 guns, 2,700 tanks, 1,300 aircraft Soviet Union: 33+ divisions, 11+ brigades Slovakia: 3 divisions Total: 1,800,000 Germans, 800,000+ Soviets, 50,000 Slovaks Grand total: 2,650,000+
Casualties
66,000 dead, 133,700 wounded, 694,000 captured	Germany: 16,343 dead, 27,280 wounded, 320 missing Soviet Union: 737 dead or missing, 1,125 wounded

Invasion of Poland

Westerplatte – Danzig – The Border - Krojanty – Lasy Królewskie – Mokra – Gdańsk Bay – Pszczyna – Mława – Tuchola Forest – Jordanów – Borowa Góra – Mikołów – Węgierska Górka – Tomaszów Mazowiecki – Wizna – Łódź – Przemyśl – Piotrków – Różan – Radom – Łomża – Wola Cyrusowa – Warsaw – Gdynia – Hel – Bzura – Jarosław – Kałuszyn – Węgrów – Wilno – Lwów – Modlin – Kobryń – Brześć – Kępa Oksywska – Tomaszów Lubelski – Wólka Węglowa – Kampinos Forest – Janów, Wereszyca, and Hołosko – Krasnystaw – Grodno – Cześniki – Krasnobród – Władypol – Szack – Wytyczno – Parczew – Kock

World War II

This battle was the first of many invasions by the German army. Hitler, in preparation for the attack, had signed a pact between the Soviet Union which stated that the Soviet Union would have control of East Poland, and Germany would have control of West Poland.

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