1939 Defensive War

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish military history event
World War II campaign
military campaign
alsoKnownAs Invasion of Poland
surface form: 1939 September Campaign in Poland

Kampania wrześniowa
Siege of Warsaw (1939)
surface form: Polish Defensive War

September Campaign
belligerent Nazi Germany
Second Polish Republic
Soviet Union
cause Invasion of Poland
surface form: German invasion of Poland

Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland
surface form: 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 Eduard Rydz-Śmigły
surface form: 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 the Bzura
surface form: Battle of Bzura

Battle of Hel
Battle of Kock (1939)
German attack on Westerplatte
surface form: 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 Common Defense Pact
surface form: Polish–British alliance
opponent Red Army
Wehrmacht
partOf World War II
precededBy Second Polish Republic
surface form: 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 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
surface form: German–Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty

Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
triggered British declaration of war on Germany
French declaration of war on Germany

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September Campaign alsoKnownAs 1939 Defensive War