Invasion of Poland

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The Invasion of Poland was the 1939 German and Soviet military campaign that triggered the start of World War II in Europe.

Aliases (25)
  • German invasion of Poland ×33
  • Invasion of Poland (1939) ×5
  • German–Soviet invasion of Poland ×4
  • German invasion of Poland in 1939 ×3
  • Polish September Campaign ×3
  • invasion of Poland ×3
  • Polish Defensive War ×2
  • Siege of Warsaw (1939) ×2
  • Soviet invasion of Poland ×2
  • 1939 September Campaign in Poland ×1
  • Battle of Poland ×1
  • Battles at the border (1939 invasion of Poland) ×1
  • German conquest of Polish coastal areas in 1939 ×1
  • German invasion of Poland (planned for 1 September 1939) ×1
  • German invasion of Poland beginning 1939-09-01 ×1
  • German invasion of Poland in September 1939 ×1
  • German invasion of Poland launched on 1 September 1939 ×1
  • German invasion of Poland on 1939-09-01 ×1
  • German–Soviet partition of Poland ×1
  • Invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 ×1
  • Polish defensive war of 1939 ×1
  • September 1939 campaign ×1
  • Soviet invasion of Eastern Poland ×1
  • Soviet invasion of Poland (1939) ×1
  • Soviet occupation of eastern Poland ×1


Referenced by (153)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
10th Army ("German invasion of Poland")
18th Army (Wehrmacht)
4th Army
6th Army
8th Army
Army Group A
Bór
Erich von Manstein
Ernst Busch
Georg-Hans Reinhardt ("German invasion of Poland")
Heeresgruppe Süd
Johannes Blaskowitz
Maximilian von Weichs
Mikhail Kovalyov ("Soviet invasion of Poland (1939)")
VIII Army Corps
Waffen-SS
Walther Nehring
Walther von Brauchitsch
Wilhelm List
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen
Władysław Anders ("Invasion of Poland (1939)")
participatedIn
2nd Light Division
Battle of Hel
Battle of Kock (1939) ("German invasion of Poland")
Battle of Mokra
Battle of the Border
Battle of the Bzura
Eduard Rydz-Śmigły
Hel Fortress
Henryk Sucharski
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
Polish Air Force
Pomorze Army
Poznań Army
Poznań Army ("September 1939 campaign")
Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Wehrmacht
Władysław Bortnowski
conflict
Battle of the Border
Battle of the Bzura ("Polish September Campaign")
Battle of the Bzura
Bombing of Wieluń
Fall Weiss
German attack on Westerplatte
Obrona Helu
Operation Himmler ("German invasion of Poland")
Polish capitulation at Hel ("Polish September Campaign")
Polish capitulation at Hel ("German conquest of Polish coastal areas in 1939")
Siege of Warsaw (1939)
partOf
Alfred Jodl
Ewald von Kleist
Fedor von Bock
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski
Walther von Reichenau
Władysław Bortnowski ("Polish defensive war of 1939")
participantIn
Battle of Hel ("German invasion of Poland")
Battle of Mokra ("German invasion of Poland")
Bombing of Wieluń ("German invasion of Poland (planned for 1 September 1939)")
Operation Barbarossa ("German invasion of Poland")
Phoney War
Saar Offensive ("German invasion of Poland")
Siege of Warsaw (1939) ("German invasion of Poland")
precededBy
European theatre of World War II ("German invasion of Poland")
Invasion of Poland ("Siege of Warsaw (1939)")
Invasion of Poland ("Soviet invasion of Eastern Poland")
September Campaign ("German invasion of Poland")
September Campaign ("Soviet invasion of Poland")
September Campaign ("Siege of Warsaw (1939)")
keyEvent
1939 Defensive War ("1939 September Campaign in Poland")
Battle of the Border ("Battles at the border (1939 invasion of Poland)")
Invasion of Poland ("Polish Defensive War")
September Campaign
September Campaign ("Polish Defensive War")
alsoKnownAs
German occupation of Poland
Obrona Helu ("German invasion of Poland")
Phoney War ("German invasion of Poland")
Sitzkrieg ("German invasion of Poland")
Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland ("German–Soviet invasion of Poland")
hasCause
Fall Weiss ("German–Soviet partition of Poland")
Fall Weiss ("Soviet invasion of Poland")
Gleiwitz incident ("German invasion of Poland on 1939-09-01")
Operation Himmler ("Invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939")
followedBy
Drôle de guerre
Sitzkrieg
Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland ("German–Soviet invasion of Poland")
Twilight War
follows
4th Army ("German invasion of Poland")
7th Panzer Division
Flying Pencil
Heinz Guderian
tookPartIn
Polish POWs ("Invasion of Poland (1939)")
Third Reich ("invasion of Poland")
Western Front (World War II) ("German invasion of Poland")
notableEvent
Cabinet of Adolf Hitler ("invasion of Poland")
Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in exile ("German invasion of Poland")
Polish government-in-exile
significantEvent
Gleiwitz incident ("German invasion of Poland")
Gleiwitz radio station ("German invasion of Poland")
Operation Himmler ("German invasion of Poland")
usedAsPretextFor
Chief of the OKW
OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ("German invasion of Poland")
associatedWithEvent
Commander-in-Chief Luftflotte 2
European theatre of World War II
campaign
1939 Defensive War ("German invasion of Poland")
September Campaign ("German–Soviet invasion of Poland")
cause
Second Polish Republic ("German invasion of Poland")
pre-war Polish State Police ("German invasion of Poland in 1939")
dissolutionCause
10th Army ("invasion of Poland")
German 6th Army
operation
Battle of Kock (1939) ("German invasion of Poland")
Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939 ("German invasion of Poland")
relatedEvent
Messerschmitt Bf 110
Panzer III
sawActionIn
Panzer I
Panzer II
usedInConflict
Dornier Do 17
Heinkel He 111
usedInOperation
Heer
activeInConflict
Obrona Helu ("German invasion of Poland in September 1939")
after
Polish government-in-exile ("Invasion of Poland (1939)")
afterA
Siege of Warsaw (1939) ("German–Soviet invasion of Poland")
associatedWith
Polish POWs ("Invasion of Poland (1939)")
capturedDuring
Free City of Danzig ("German invasion of Poland in 1939")
casusBelliFor
Polish capitulation at Hel ("German invasion of Poland beginning 1939-09-01")
context
Polish–Romanian alliance ("German invasion of Poland")
deFactoEndCause
Polesie Voivodeship ("German invasion of Poland")
dissolvedFollowing
Polish Army ("Invasion of Poland (1939)")
engagedIn
General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland)
establishedAfter
German battleship Schleswig-Holstein ("German invasion of Poland")
firedOpeningShotsOf
Panzer division
firstLargeScaleUse
Blitzkrieg campaigns
firstWidelyDemonstratedIn
Heeresgruppe Süd
formedFor
German attack on Westerplatte ("German invasion of Poland launched on 1 September 1939")
hasContext
World War II battles ("Battle of Poland")
hasNotableBattle
World War II
hasPart
Henryk Sucharski ("Polish September Campaign")
hasPartInNarrative
Lwów Voivodeship ("German invasion of Poland")
historicalEvent
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact ("German invasion of Poland")
immediateConsequence
European Theater of Operations
includesEvent
Rome–Berlin Axis ("German invasion of Poland")
influencedEvent
April Constitution of 1935 ("German invasion of Poland in 1939")
inForceUntil
Nazi Germany
invasion
Lebensraum ("German invasion of Poland")
justified
Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
militaryOperation
Axis powers
notableCampaign
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
operationCommanded
Georg von Küchler
operationParticipatedIn
Gleiwitz incident
relatedTo
Fall Weiss ("Soviet occupation of eastern Poland")
result
Luftwaffe
roleInConflict
German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact ("German invasion of Poland")
terminatedByEvent
Slovak Air Force (WWII)
theaterOfOperations

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