Battle of Krasnobród (1939)

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The Battle of Krasnobród (1939) was a World War II engagement during the German invasion of Poland in which Polish forces briefly recaptured the town of Krasnobród from advancing German troops before being forced to withdraw.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
belligerent Nazi Germany
campaign defense of southeastern Poland in 1939
combatant1 Polish Army
combatant2 Wehrmacht
commanderGermany Gustav Anton von Wietersheim
commanderPoland Tadeusz Piskor
Zygmunt Podhorski
conflict Invasion of Poland
surface form: German invasion of Poland
conflictType land battle
countryInvolved Germany
Poland
date 1939-09-23
endDate 1939-09-23
followedBy continued German advance in southeastern Poland
front Eastern Front of World War II
hasPart Polish cavalry charge near Krasnobród
historicalPeriod 20th century
involvesTown Krasnobród
isPartOfHistoryOf history of Poland
history of World War II in Poland
location Krasnobród
Lublin Voivodeship
Second Polish Republic
notableEvent Polish forces briefly recaptured Krasnobród
notableFor one of the last significant Polish cavalry actions of 1939 campaign
objectiveGermany secure lines of advance in southeastern Poland
objectivePoland retake Krasnobród from German forces
partOf Invasion of Poland
World War II
precededBy earlier engagements of the Lublin–Lwów strategic withdrawal
result German victory
Polish forces withdrew
startDate 1939-09-23
temporalContext early phase of World War II in Europe
theatre Invasion of Poland
surface form: Polish September Campaign
unitInvolvedGermany 8th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
unitInvolvedPoland Kraków Cavalry Brigade
Nowogródzka Cavalry Brigade
year 1939

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Battle of the Border hasPart Battle of Krasnobród (1939)