Battle of Kampinos Forest
| Battle of Kampinos Forest | |||||||
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| Part of the Invasion of Poland | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Germany |
 Poland | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Gerd von Rundstedt |
Tadeusz Kutrzeba Władysław Bortnowski Wiktor Thommée | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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8th Army (Wehrmacht) 10th Army (Wehrmacht) | Remnants of Poznań Army and Pomorze Army | ||||||
The Battle of Kampinos Forest was in fact a series of skirmishes and battles fought in the forests around Kampinos during the Invasion of Poland of 1939, between the Polish Army and the German Wehrmacht.
By 16 September, the remnants of the Polish Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade, the Podolska Cavalry Brigade, and the 15th and 25th Infantry Divisions, broke out of the Bzura Pocket into the Kampinos Forest.[1]: 67 They were withdrawing through the large forest complex towards Warsaw and the Modlin Fortress.
The route was adopted by the Pomorze Army, under Gen. Władysław Bortnowski, the Poznań Army, under Gen. Tadeusz Kutrzeba. At the same time the German Wehrmacht tried to cut the Polish forces out by assaulting the forests both from the north and from the south.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Zaloga, S.J., 2002, Poland 1939, Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd., ISBN 9781841764085
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