1939 Defensive War

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Polish military history event World War II campaign military campaign

The 1939 Defensive War was Poland’s military campaign to resist the German and Soviet invasions at the start of World War II.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Polish military history event → World War II campaign → military campaign →
alsoKnownAs	1939 September Campaign in Poland → Kampania wrześniowa → Polish Defensive War → September Campaign →
belligerent	Nazi Germany → Second Polish Republic → Soviet Union →
cause	German invasion of Poland → Soviet invasion of Poland →
characterizedBy	blitzkrieg tactics by Germany → two-front war for Poland →
commandersSideGermany	Fedor von Bock → Gerd von Rundstedt → Walther von Brauchitsch →
commandersSidePoland	Edward Rydz-Śmigły →
commandersSideSovietUnion	Mikhail Kovalyov → Semyon Timoshenko →
country	Second Polish Republic →
endDate	1939-10-06 →
followedBy	German occupation of Poland → Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland →
hasMajorEvent	Battle of Bzura → Battle of Hel → Battle of Kock (1939) → Battle of Westerplatte → Siege of Warsaw (1939) →
historicalSignificance	ended the independence of the Second Polish Republic → marked the beginning of World War II in Europe →
legalBasis	Polish–British Common Defense Pact →
location	Poland → Second Polish Republic →
militaryAllianceInvolved	Polish–British alliance →
opponent	Red Army → Wehrmacht →
partOf	World War II →
precededBy	Interwar period in Poland →
result	defeat of Poland → occupation of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union → partition of Polish territory between Germany and the Soviet Union →
startDate	1939-09-01 →
treatyContext	German–Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty → Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact →
triggered	British declaration of war on Germany → French declaration of war on Germany →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
September Campaign →	alsoKnownAs