Battle of the Border

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military campaign series of battles

The Battle of the Border was the opening series of engagements between German and Polish forces at the start of the 1939 invasion of Poland, marking the beginning of World War II in Europe.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of the Border (1939) 2
Battle of the Border canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign ⓘ
series of battles ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Invasion of Poland ⓘ
surface form: Battles at the border (1939 invasion of Poland)

Kampania wrześniowa ⓘ
surface form: Border battles of 1939
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Second Polish Republic ⓘ
combatant1 Germany ⓘ
combatant2 Poland ⓘ
conflict Invasion of Poland ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
endTime 1939-09-03 ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Borowa Góra ⓘ
Battle of Bory Tucholskie ⓘ
Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Bzura (opening phase)

Battle of Chojnice ⓘ
Battle of Ciechanów (1939) ⓘ
Battle of Grudziądz ⓘ
Battle of Jordanów ⓘ
Battle of Krasnobród (1939) ⓘ
Battle of Krojanty ⓘ
Battle of Mikołów ⓘ
Battle of Mokra ⓘ
Battle of Tuchola Forest ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Mława

Battle of Nowy Targ (1939) ⓘ
Battle of Piotrków Trybunalski (1939) ⓘ
Battle of Pszczyna ⓘ
Battle of Mikołów ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Rybnik

Battle of Różan (1939) ⓘ
Battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki (1939) ⓘ
Battle of Tuchola Forest ⓘ
German attack on Westerplatte ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Westerplatte

Bombing of Wieluń ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Wieluń (bombing of Wieluń)

Battle of Wola Cyrusowa ⓘ
Battle of Węgierska Górka ⓘ
Battle of Węgierska Górka fortifications ⓘ
Battle of Włocławek ⓘ
location Poland ⓘ
Polish–German border region ⓘ
Second Polish Republic ⓘ
militaryObjective break through Polish border defenses ⓘ
encircle Polish field armies near the frontier ⓘ
opponent Polish Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf Invasion of Poland ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
result German victory ⓘ
Polish forces forced to withdraw to interior defensive lines ⓘ
significance marked the beginning of World War II in Europe ⓘ
opening phase of the 1939 invasion of Poland ⓘ
startTime 1939-09-01 ⓘ
timePeriod early September 1939 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Plan White → involvedEvent → Battle of the Border ⓘ
World War II military operations in Poland → hasPart → Battle of the Border ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Border (1939)
Polish–German front → hasPart → Battle of the Border ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Border (1939)