Polish–German front

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The Polish–German front was the primary theater of ground combat between Poland and Nazi Germany during the 1939 invasion of Poland at the outset of World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military front
theater of war
belligerentSide Allies of World War II
Axis powers
chronology early World War II European theater
combatant Kriegsmarine
Luftwaffe
Polish Army
Wehrmacht
conflict Invasion of Poland
countryInvolved Germany
Poland
describedAs primary theater of ground combat between Poland and Nazi Germany in September 1939
endTime 1939-10-06
followedBy German–Soviet partition of Poland
Operation Weserübung
surface form: Norwegian campaign

Western Front
surface form: Western Front (World War II)
hasPart Battle of Hel
Battle of Kock (1939)
Battle of Mokra
Battle of Mława
Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski
German attack on Westerplatte
surface form: Battle of Westerplatte

Battle of the Border
surface form: Battle of the Border (1939)

Battle of the Bzura
Siege of Warsaw (1939)
historicalPeriod 1930s
20th century
location Nazi Germany
Second Polish Republic
mainDirectionOfAttack from the north
from the south
from the west
notableAspect combined arms operations of armor, air power, and infantry
notableEvent Blitzkrieg tactics first used on a large scale by Germany
opponent Nazi Germany
Poland
partOf European theatre of World War II
surface form: European theater of World War II

World War II
precededBy German–Polish border incidents (1930s)
relatedTo German–Soviet partition of Poland
surface form: German–Soviet invasion of Poland

Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
result German victory
startTime 1939-09-01
strategicObjective defeat and occupation of Poland by Germany
defense of Polish territory and sovereignty

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Battle of Mokra front Polish–German front
Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski front Polish–German front
this entity surface form: Polish–German front in southeastern Poland