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    The Battle of the Bzura (or the Battle of Kutno) was both the largest battle and Polish counter-attack of the German invasion of Poland and was fought...
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    The Bzura is a river in central Poland. A tributary of the Vistula river (in Wyszogród), the Bzura is 173 kilometres long and has a basin area of 7,764 km2...
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  • Hel Battle of the Bzura Siege of Warsaw Battle of Lwów Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski Battle of Krasnobród Battle of Kock Soviet invasion of Poland: September–October...
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  • The following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but...
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    on the main square. Also, the town was at the centre of the largest battle of the German invasion of Poland, the Battle of the Bzura River, in the opening...
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    Kutno (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
    around Kutno, that was later named the Battle of the Bzura. Based on its central location and the intersection of multiple rail lines, Kutno is an important...
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    conflict in the Atlantic Ocean between 1939 and 1945. see also Timeline of the Battle of the Atlantic Battle of the Mediterranean Battle of the Indian Ocean...
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    more established defense lines to the east. After the mid-September Polish defeat in the Battle of the Bzura, the Germans gained an undisputed advantage...
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    8th Army (Wehrmacht) (category Field armies of Germany in World War II)
    South's front. The army saw heavy combat during the Battle of the Bzura. After the conclusion of the Polish campaign, it was reorganized into the 2nd Army which...
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    Johannes Blaskowitz (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords)
    for the northern part of the front under Army Group South, led by Gerd von Rundstedt. The 8th Army saw heavy combat during the Battle of the Bzura and...
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    Yevhen Pobihushchyi-Ren (category Members of the Galicia Division)
    the invasion of Poland in 1939, Pobihushchyi fought against German forces and served at the Battle of the Bzura, taking over the Third Battalion of the...
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    16th Mechanised Division (Poland) (category Mechanised divisions of Poland)
    part in the battle of Bzura. It successfully assaulted the German positions and liberated Łowicz, the main pivot of the German defences in the area. However...
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  • Danuta (armoured train) (category Armoured trains of Poland)
    the train was bombed by the Luftwaffe, but received only minor damage. Next the train participated in the Battle of the Bzura. On 16 September, the train...
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    Władysław Moes (category Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland))
    was taken prisoner in the Battle of the Bzura and sent to Oflag, where he spent almost six years. With the establishment of the communist regime in Poland...
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  • Siege of Warsaw 8–14 September: Battle of Gdynia 8–9 September: Battle of Radom 9 September: Ciepielów massacre 9–19 September: Battle of the Bzura 9–20...
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  • last stages of the Polish counteroffensive (Battle of the Bzura) of the Invasion of Poland. The battle of Wólka Węglowa was a cavalry battle, as Polish...
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    4th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) (category War crimes of the Wehrmacht)
    to retreat. After the failed assault on Warsaw, 4th Panzer Division was withdrawn westward and took part in the Battle of the Bzura, where it supported...
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    the regiment was temporarily assigned to the 10th Infantry Division. It participated in the Battle of the Bzura, during which Choltitz was wounded. On 19...
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  • XIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) (category Corps of Germany in World War II)
    part of the 8th Army. After the decisive German victory at the Battle of the Bzura, the Corps was transferred to the 16th Army in the Trier area of western...
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    Gerd von Rundstedt (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords)
    flank was attacked by the Polish Poznań Army, leading to the major engagement of the Polish campaign, the Battle of the Bzura. Rundstedt and Manstein...
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    campaign's greatest Battle of the Bzura was fought west of the middle Vistula on 9–21 September. Heavy fighting took place also at a number of other locations...
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    Stanisław Grzmot-Skotnicki (category Recipients of the Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class II)
    battle of Tuchola Forest, he withdrew with the remnants of his unit to the south. During the Battle of the Bzura River he commanded a small improvised infantry...
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    Polish cavalry in Sochaczew photograph (category Military history of Poland during World War II)
    The Polish cavalry in Sochaczew photograph supposedly depicts the eponymous charge of the Polish cavalry in Sochaczew during the Battle of the Bzura in...
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    Roman Abraham (category Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1930–1935))
    commander of the Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade during the German and Soviet Invasion of Poland in September 1939, and Battle of Bzura commander of Polish...
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    Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This article lists all the battles that...
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    (siege of Tobruk); the Italian campaign (including the capture of the monastery hill at the Battle of Monte Cassino); and in battles following the invasion...
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    Władysław Bortnowski (category Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari)
    of the highest ranking generals of the Polish Army. He is most famous for commanding the Pomorze Army in the Battle of Bzura during the invasion of Poland...
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  • 4th Infantry Division (Poland) (category Infantry divisions of Poland)
    division fought against the Wehrmacht in the Battle of the Bzura, a Polish counterattack west of Warsaw in the area of the Bzura River. The division was officially...
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    entered the town, where they remained until early September 13, when Germans were pushed out by the Polish Army, during the Battle of the Bzura. Due to...
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    versatility could be observed until the Second World War. During the Battle of the Bzura in September 1939, a German soldier used the northernmost tower as an observation...
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