Invasion of Poland (1939)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/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