September Campaign (1939)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/September_Campaign_(1939)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Invasion_of_Poland
gptkbp:casualties	German military: ~16,000 killed Polish military: ~66,000 killed Soviet military: ~1,000 killed
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:Poland gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt gptkb:Fedor_von_Bock gptkb:Heinz_Guderian gptkb:Edward_Rydz-Śmigły gptkb:Mikhail_Kovalyov
gptkbp:consequence	gptkb:Partition_of_Poland Start of World War II
gptkbp:endDate	1939-10-06
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Phoney_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	September Campaign (1939)
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:Germany gptkb:Poland gptkb:Slovakia gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:notableFor	Blitzkrieg tactics Mass displacement of civilians Use of tanks and aircraft Widespread atrocities against civilians
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Munich_Agreement
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Molotov–Ribbentrop_Pact gptkb:Polish_Defensive_War
gptkbp:result	German and Soviet victory
gptkbp:significantEvent	gptkb:Battle_of_Westerplatte gptkb:Siege_of_Warsaw gptkb:Battle_of_Bzura gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Eastern_Poland
gptkbp:startDate	1939-09-01
gptkbp:triggeredBy	gptkb:Gleiwitz_incident
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Poles_(pre-WWII) gptkb:Second_Polish_Republic_(1919–1939)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7