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