Battle of Poland

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Poland
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Invasion_of_Poland
gptkbp:casualties Germany: ~16,000 killed
Poland: ~66,000 killed
Soviet Union: ~1,000 killed
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:Slovakia
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Leonid_Govorov
gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt
gptkb:Fedor_von_Bock
gptkb:Heinz_Guderian
gptkb:Edward_Rydz-Śmigły
gptkb:Mikhail_Kovalyov
gptkbp:endDate 1939-10-06
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Occupation_of_Poland_(1939–1945)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Poland
gptkbp:location gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:notableEvent Blitzkrieg tactics used by Germany
Soviet invasion from the east on September 17, 1939
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Gleiwitz_incident
gptkbp:result German-Soviet victory
gptkbp:significance Start of World War II in Europe
gptkbp:startDate 1939-09-01
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Molotov–Ribbentrop_Pact
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_War_II_(early_stages)
gptkb:WWII
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7