Battle of Hel

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Hel was a World War II engagement in which Polish forces defended the Hel Peninsula against German attacks during the 1939 campaign in Poland.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Hel canonical	7
siege of Hel Peninsula	2
siege of Hel	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Obrona Helu ⓘ
attacker	Germany ⓘ
belligerent	Germany ⓘ Poland ⓘ
campaign	September Campaign ⓘ
combatType	coastal defense operation ⓘ land battle ⓘ
conflict	Invasion of Poland ⓘ
countryAtTime	Second Polish Republic ⓘ
countryInvolved	Nazi Germany ⓘ Second Polish Republic ⓘ
defender	Poland ⓘ
defensiveLine	Hel Peninsula fortifications ⓘ
endDate	1939-10-02 ⓘ
endedWith	Polish capitulation at Hel ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
front	Polish coastal front ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Hel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: siege of Hel Peninsula
historicalRegion	Pomerania ⓘ
involvedBranch	Wehrmacht ⓘ surface form: German Army Luftwaffe ⓘ surface form: German Luftwaffe Polish Army ⓘ Polish Navy ⓘ
location	Hel Peninsula ⓘ Poland ⓘ Pomeranian Voivodeship ⓘ
notableFeature	defense of a narrow peninsula fortification line ⓘ one of the last Polish positions to capitulate in the 1939 campaign ⓘ
opponent	Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf	World War II ⓘ
precededBy	Invasion of Poland ⓘ surface form: German invasion of Poland
relatedEvent	Defense of the Polish coast in 1939 ⓘ
relatedTo	Battle of Kock (1939) ⓘ German attack on Westerplatte ⓘ surface form: Battle of Westerplatte
result	German victory ⓘ
significance	symbol of prolonged Polish resistance in 1939 ⓘ
startDate	1939-09-01 ⓘ
strategicObjective	control of access to the Bay of Gdańsk ⓘ elimination of Polish coastal defenses ⓘ
theatre	European theatre of World War II ⓘ
timePeriod	September 1939 ⓘ early World War II ⓘ
usedFortifications	Hel Fortress ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Invasion of Poland → keyEvent → Battle of Hel ⓘ

Battle of Hel → hasPart → Battle of Hel self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: siege of Hel Peninsula

Obrona Helu → label → Battle of Hel ⓘ

Obrona Helu → hasPart → Battle of Hel ⓘ

this entity surface form: siege of Hel Peninsula

1939 Defensive War → hasMajorEvent → Battle of Hel ⓘ

Polish capitulation at Hel → precededBy → Battle of Hel ⓘ

this entity surface form: siege of Hel

Polish capitulation at Hel → relatedTo → Battle of Hel ⓘ

World War II military operations in Poland → hasPart → Battle of Hel ⓘ

Polish–German front → hasPart → Battle of Hel ⓘ

Defense of Hel Peninsula (1939) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Hel ⓘ