Polish Defensive War

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Invasion_of_Poland
gptkb:September_Campaign
gptkbp:casualties Germany: ~16,000 killed
Poland: ~66,000 killed
Soviet Union: ~1,000 killed
gptkbp:category gptkb:World_War_II_campaigns
Battles involving Germany
1939 in Poland
Battles involving the Soviet Union
Battles involving Poland
Invasions of Poland
gptkbp:cause gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Poland
German invasion of Poland
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:Slovakia
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:commander 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:Soviet_occupation_of_Eastern_Poland
gptkb:German_occupation_of_Poland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Polish Defensive War
gptkbp:location gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:notableFor use of Blitzkrieg tactics
division of Poland between Germany and Soviet Union
start of World War II
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Munich_Agreement
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Battle_of_Westerplatte
gptkb:freedom_fighter
gptkb:Polish_government-in-exile
Allied declarations of war on Germany
gptkbp:result German and Soviet victory
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Siege_of_Warsaw
gptkb:Battle_of_Bzura
gptkb:Blitzkrieg
gptkb:Battle_of_Kock
gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Eastern_Poland
gptkbp:startDate 1939-09-01
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Molotov–Ribbentrop_Pact
gptkb:German–Soviet_Boundary_and_Friendship_Treaty
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Invasion_of_Poland_(1939)
gptkb:1939_Defensive_War
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6