Invasion of Poland

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:1939_Defensive_War
gptkb:Polish_Campaign
gptkb:September_Campaign
gptkbp:casualties Germany: ~16,000 killed
Poland: ~66,000 killed
Soviet Union: ~1,000 killed
gptkbp:cause gptkb:Molotov–Ribbentrop_Pact_secret_protocol
German expansionism
Soviet expansionism
failure of appeasement
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Semyon_Timoshenko
gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt
gptkb:Fedor_von_Bock
gptkb:Heinz_Guderian
gptkb:Edward_Rydz-Śmigły
gptkb:Mikhail_Kovalyov
gptkbp:date 1939
gptkbp:defendedIn gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:effect gptkb:Occupation_of_Poland
France declared war on Germany
United Kingdom declared war on Germany
Division of Poland between Germany and Soviet Union
gptkbp:endDate 1939-10-06
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Phoney_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Invasion of Poland
gptkbp:invaded gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:location gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:mainTheater gptkb:European_theatre_of_World_War_II
gptkbp:notableFor Blitzkrieg tactics
beginning of WWII in Europe
division of Poland
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Munich_Agreement
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Siege_of_Warsaw_(1939)
gptkb:Battle_of_Bzura
gptkb:Battle_of_Kock_(1939)
gptkb:German–Soviet_military_parade_in_Brest-Litovsk
gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Poland
gptkbp:result German–Soviet victory
gptkbp:significantEvent Start of World War II
gptkbp:startDate 1939-09-01
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Molotov–Ribbentrop_Pact
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4