invasion of Poland (1939)

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (93)

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	German expansionism Soviet expansionism failure of appeasement
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:date	1939
gptkbp:effect	France declared war on Germany United Kingdom declared war on Germany beginning of World War II in Europe
gptkbp:endDate	1939-10-06
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Poland_(1939)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	invasion of Poland (1939)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Battle_of_Westerplatte gptkb:Battle_of_Góra_Kalwaria gptkb:Battle_of_Chełm gptkb:Battle_of_Chojnice gptkb:Battle_of_Dęblin gptkb:Battle_of_Grodno gptkb:Battle_of_Grudziądz gptkb:Battle_of_Hrubieszów gptkb:Battle_of_Janów_Lubelski gptkb:Battle_of_Kraków gptkb:Battle_of_Lublin gptkb:Battle_of_Lwów gptkb:Battle_of_Płock gptkb:Battle_of_Radom gptkb:Battle_of_Sandomierz gptkb:Battle_of_Sieradz gptkb:Battle_of_Tomaszów_Lubelski gptkb:Battle_of_Włocławek gptkb:Battle_of_Zamość gptkb:Battle_of_Kutno gptkb:Siege_of_Warsaw gptkb:Battle_of_Komarów gptkb:Battle_of_Przemyśl gptkb:Battle_of_Bzura gptkb:Battle_of_Pułtusk gptkb:Battle_of_Mokra gptkb:Battle_of_Łomża gptkb:Battle_of_Żyrardów gptkb:Battle_of_Żywiec gptkb:Battle_of_Ciechanów gptkb:Battle_of_Częstochowa gptkb:Battle_of_Danzig gptkb:Battle_of_Głowno gptkb:Battle_of_Jaworów gptkb:Battle_of_Koluszki gptkb:Battle_of_Krasnystaw gptkb:Battle_of_Nowy_Sącz gptkb:Battle_of_Przasnysz gptkb:Battle_of_Rawa_Mazowiecka gptkb:Battle_of_Tarnów gptkb:Battle_of_Zgierz gptkb:Battle_of_Łódź gptkb:Battle_of_Piotrków_Trybunalski gptkb:Battle_of_Brześć_Litewski gptkb:Battle_of_Gdynia gptkb:Battle_of_Hel gptkb:Battle_of_Jordanów gptkb:Battle_of_Kałuszyn gptkb:Battle_of_Kock gptkb:Battle_of_Mława gptkb:Battle_of_Modlin gptkb:Battle_of_Sochaczew gptkb:Battle_of_Stryj gptkb:Battle_of_Tomaszów_Mazowiecki gptkb:Battle_of_Węgierska_Górka gptkb:Battle_of_Wizna
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:bombing_of_Warsaw Blitzkrieg tactics massacre of Polish prisoners
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Gleiwitz_incident
gptkbp:result	division of Poland start of World War II
gptkbp:startDate	1939-09-01
gptkbp:treaty	gptkb:Molotov–Ribbentrop_Pact
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Polish_Air_Forces_in_exile
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5