German, Soviet, and Slovak attack on and takeover of Poland that marked the start of World War II
Documented facts
- Date
- 1 September 1939 (Gregorian) — 6 October 1939 (Gregorian)
- Precision
- Day
- Referenced location
- Poland
- Source coordinates
- 52.0000°, 19.0000°
- Part of
- World War II
Referenced participants
Documented participation does not establish opposing sides. Alliances absent from the sources are not reconstructed.
People and command
- Wolfram von Richthofen — documented participation · Source ↗
- Werner von Fritsch — documented participation · Source ↗
- Johannes Blaskowitz — documented participation · Source ↗
- Walther von Brauchitsch — documented participation · Source ↗
- Wilhelm List — documented participation · Source ↗
- Hermann Hoth — documented participation · Source ↗
- Erich von Manstein — documented participation · Source ↗
- Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist — documented participation · Source ↗
- Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist — documented participation · Source ↗
- Otto Deßloch — documented participation · Source ↗
- Dietrich von Choltitz — documented participation · Source ↗
- Lothar Rendulic — documented participation · Source ↗
- Richard von Weizsäcker — documented participation · Source ↗
- Adolf Hitler — documented participation · Source ↗
- Menachem Begin — documented participation · Source ↗
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