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.

Aliases (2)

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	siege of Hel Peninsula →
historicalRegion	Pomerania →
involvedBranch	German Army → 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	German invasion of Poland →
relatedEvent	Defense of the Polish coast in 1939 →
relatedTo	Battle of Kock (1939) → 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 (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Hel ("siege of Hel Peninsula") → Obrona Helu ("siege of Hel Peninsula") →	hasPart
1939 Defensive War →	hasMajorEvent
Invasion of Poland →	keyEvent
Obrona Helu →	label
Polish capitulation at Hel ("siege of Hel") →	precededBy
Polish capitulation at Hel →	relatedTo