Battle of the Border | DisamKB

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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign → series of battles →
alsoKnownAs	Battles at the border (1939 invasion of Poland) → 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 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 Mława → Battle of Nowy Targ (1939) → Battle of Piotrków Trybunalski (1939) → Battle of Pszczyna → Battle of Rybnik → Battle of Różan (1939) → Battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki (1939) → Battle of Tuchola Forest → Battle of Westerplatte → 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 →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Plan White →	involvedEvent