Invasion of Poland (1939)

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:1939_Defensive_War
gptkb:September_Campaign
gptkb:Polish_Defensive_War
gptkbp:casualties German: ~16,000 killed
Polish: ~66,000 killed
Soviet: ~1,000 killed
gptkbp:cause German-Soviet invasion
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:endDate 1939-10-06
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Finland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Invasion of Poland (1939)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:notableFor mass civilian casualties
Blitzkrieg tactics
division of Poland between Germany and Soviet Union
beginning of Nazi occupation of Poland
beginning of Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Munich_Agreement
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Siege_of_Warsaw_(1939)
gptkb:freedom_fighter
gptkb:Warsaw_Uprising_(1944)
gptkb:Battle_of_Bzura
gptkb:Polish_government-in-exile
gptkb:Operation_Tannenberg
gptkb:Soviet_occupation_of_Eastern_Poland
gptkb:Katyn_massacre
gptkb:German_occupation_of_Poland
gptkb:Polish_September_Campaign
Nazi crimes against the Polish nation
Allied declarations of war on Germany
Soviet deportations from Eastern Poland
gptkbp:result German-Soviet victory
gptkbp:significantEvent start of World War II in Europe
gptkbp:startDate 1939-09-01
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Molotov–Ribbentrop_Pact
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Second_Polish_Republic
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5