Battle of the Bzura

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battle military engagement

The Battle of the Bzura was the largest Polish counteroffensive against German forces during the 1939 campaign, briefly halting their advance before ending in a decisive German victory.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of the Bzura canonical 14
Battle of Bzura 5
Battle of Bzura (World War II) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Kutno

Bitwa nad Bzurą ⓘ
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Second Polish Republic ⓘ
commanderGermany Fedor von Bock ⓘ
Johannes Blaskowitz ⓘ
Walther von Reichenau ⓘ
surface form: Walter von Reichenau
commanderPoland Tadeusz Kutrzeba ⓘ
Władysław Bortnowski ⓘ
conflict Invasion of Poland ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
effectOnCampaign delayed German operations against Warsaw ⓘ
forced German redeployment of armored and air units ⓘ
endTime 1939-09-19 ⓘ
followedBy Siege of Warsaw (1939) ⓘ
hasCasualties high Polish casualties ⓘ
significant German casualties ⓘ
historicalSignificance largest battle of the 1939 Invasion of Poland ⓘ
symbol of Polish resistance in the early days of World War II ⓘ
involvedForceType Luftwaffe air support ⓘ
armored units ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
involvedUnitGermany 10th Army ⓘ
4th Army ⓘ
8th Army ⓘ
involvedUnitPoland Pomorze Army ⓘ
Poznań Army ⓘ
location Bzura River ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
notableFor largest Polish counteroffensive of the 1939 campaign ⓘ
temporarily halting German advance toward Warsaw ⓘ
partOf Invasion of Poland ⓘ
surface form: Polish September Campaign

World War II ⓘ
precededBy initial German invasion of Poland ⓘ
result German victory ⓘ
startTime 1939-09-09 ⓘ
strategicObjectivePoland disrupt German advance from the west ⓘ
relieve pressure on Warsaw ⓘ
strategicOutcome German consolidation of control over central Poland ⓘ
encirclement of Polish forces west of Warsaw ⓘ
heavy Polish losses ⓘ
theater European theatre of World War II ⓘ
timePeriod September 1939 ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Invasion of Poland → keyEvent → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
September Campaign → keyEvent → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
Battle of the Bzura → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Kutno
Plan White → followedBy → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
Plan White → involvedEvent → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
1939 Defensive War → hasMajorEvent → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Bzura
Pomorze Army → engagement → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
Władysław Bortnowski → notableEvent → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
Władysław Bortnowski → participantIn → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
Bitwa nad Bzurą → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
this entity surface form: bitwa nad Bzurą 1939
Poznań Army → notableFor → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
Poznań Army → hasOperation → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bzura counteroffensive
Battle of the Border → hasPart → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Bzura (opening phase)
Bzura River → historicalEventSite → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
World War II military operations in Poland → hasPart → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
Polish–German front → hasPart → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
4th Panzer Division → participatedIn → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
Battle of Tuchola Forest → followedBy → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Bzura
Kutno → hasNearbyBattle → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Bzura (World War II)
Armia „Łódź” → notableBattle → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Bzura
Battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki (1939) → followedBy → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Bzura
Polish armed forces in World War II → engagedIn → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
Bzura (Polish) → knownFor → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
Brochów → nearBattle → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Bzura
Sochaczew → knownFor → Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Bzura during World War II