German, Soviet, and Slovak attack on and takeover of Poland that marked the start of World War II
Dates, participants and sources of this conflict →Related events
The chronological links below come from Wikidata’s “part of” and “has part” relations. This selection covers 1939; it does not claim to cover the entire conflict or reconstruct an army’s movements.
- 1939
Battle of Łódź ↗
Source · Q3087703 - 1 September 1939
Defense of the Coast of Poland in the September Campaign ↗
Source · Q13569936 - 1 September 1939
Battle of Lasy Królewskie ↗
Source · Q2686857 - September 1939
Battle of the Border ↗
Source · Q4366849 - 1 September 1939 — 3 September 1939
Battle of Mława ↗
Source · Q443587 - 1 September 1939
Charge at Krojanty ↗
Source · Q469416 - 1 September 1939
Battle of Tuchola Forest ↗
Source · Q473983 - 1 September 1939 — 4 September 1939
Battle of Grudziądz ↗
Source · Q4871145 - 1 September 1939 — 2 September 1939
Battle of Mikołów ↗
Source · Q4871734 - 1 September 1939
Battle of Mokra ↗
Source · Q4871764 - 1 September 1939 — 4 September 1939
Battle of Pszczyna ↗
Source · Q4872119 - 1 September 1939 — 3 September 1939
Battle of Węgierska Górka ↗
Source · Q4872759 - 1 September 1939 — 7 September 1939
Battle of Westerplatte
On the map ↗ Source · Q533034 - 1 September 1939
Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig ↗
Source · Q564388 - 1 September 1939 — 3 September 1939
Battle of Jordanów ↗
Source · Q679556 - 1 September 1939
Battle of Chojnice ↗
Source · Q754923 - 1 September 1939 — 3 September 1939
Battle of Częstochowa ↗
Source · Q9172903 - 2 September 1939 — 6 September 1939
Battle of Borowa Góra ↗
Source · Q4870527 - 3 September 1939 — 4 September 1939
Defense of Katowice ↗
Source · Q85756209 - 4 September 1939 — 6 September 1939
Battle of Piotrków Trybunalski ↗
Source · Q4872049 - 4 September 1939 — 6 September 1939
Battle of Różan ↗
Source · Q4872223 - 6 September 1939
Battle of Krasną ↗
Source · Q114949753 - 6 September 1939
Battle of Pułtusk ↗
Source · Q3180520 - 6 September 1939
Battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki ↗
Source · Q3180547 - 7 September 1939 — 10 September 1939
Battle of Łomża ↗
Source · Q3019352 - 7 September 1939 — 10 September 1939
Battle of Wizna ↗
Source · Q694500 - 8 September 1939
Battle of Odrzywoł ↗
Source · Q110390183 - 8 September 1939 — 9 September 1939
Defense of Ochota and Wola (1939) ↗
Source · Q129565948 - 8 September 1939 — 28 September 1939
Siege of Warsaw
On the map ↗ Source · Q182240 - 8 September 1939 — 9 September 1939
Battle of Radom ↗
Source · Q440402 - 8 September 1939
Battle of Wola Cyrusowa ↗
Source · Q4872749 - 8 September 1939 — 14 September 1939
Siege of Gdynia ↗
Source · Q98107490 - 9 September 1939 — 19 September 1939
Battle of the Bzura
On the map ↗ Source · Q165549 - 9 September 1939 — 20 September 1939
Battle of Kampinos Forest ↗
Source · Q440331 - 9 September 1939 — 2 October 1939
Battle of Hel ↗
Source · Q704550 - 10 September 1939
Trip to Wawrzyszew ↗
Source · Q136414539 - 10 September 1939 — 19 September 1939
Battle of Kępa Oksywska ↗
Source · Q4087314 - 10 September 1939
Battle of Mrogą ↗
Source · Q9172480 - 11 September 1939 — 12 September 1939
Battle of Kałuszyn ↗
Source · Q4871407 - 11 September 1939 — 14 September 1939
Battle of Przemyśl ↗
Source · Q4872121 - 12 September 1939
Raid on Okęcie and Załuski ↗
Source · Q131101333 - 13 September 1939 — 29 September 1939
Battle of Modlin ↗
Source · Q668634 - 14 September 1939 — 18 September 1939
Battle of Kobryń ↗
Source · Q3646725 - 14 September 1939 — 16 September 1939
Battle of Jaworow ↗
Source · Q4871316 - 16 September 1939 — 17 September 1939
Battle of Biłgorajem ↗
Source · Q63373294 - 18 September 1939 — 19 September 1939
Battle of Wilno ↗
Source · Q4090297 - 19 September 1939
Battle of Wólka Węglowa ↗
Source · Q4872757 - 20 September 1939 — 24 September 1939
Battle of Grodno ↗
Source · Q2630512 - 21 September 1939
Battle of Kamionka Strumiłowa ↗
Source · Q27767300 - 21 September 1939 — 22 September 1939
Battle of Cześniki ↗
Source · Q9172900 - 23 September 1939
Battle of Krasnobród ↗
Source · Q4871491 - 24 September 1939 — 25 September 1939
Battle of Rawa Ruska ↗
Source · Q27767483 - 24 September 1939
Battle of Husynne ↗
Source · Q9173033 - 27 September 1939
Battle of Władypol ↗
Source · Q9173719 - 28 September 1939
Battle of Szack ↗
Source · Q1809645 - 29 September 1939 — 30 September 1939
Battles of Parczew, Jabłoń and Milanów ↗
Source · Q9173416 - 1 October 1939
Battle of Wytyczno ↗
Source · Q617922 - 2 October 1939 — 5 October 1939
Battle of Kock ↗
Source · Q641183
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