Battle of Chojnice (1939)

Battle of Chojnice
	Part of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Result	German victory

Belligerents

Germany

PolandCommanders and leaders

Mauritz von Wiktorin

Tadeusz Majewski

The Battle of Chojnice occurred during the

Army Pomorze

.

The German attacks started at 04:30 with

armored train attack on Chojnice was repulsed.^[1]

^: 42

The Polish troops managed to hold back the German advance until the early afternoon, but at 14:00 the German troops threatened to surround the city and the Polish units were forced to retreat east towards Rytel. The 18th Pomeranian Uhlan Regiment was ordered to cover the retreat of the infantry, and launched a mounted attack against the Germans at Krojanty.^[2]

References

ISBN 9781841764085

OCLC 1112373170.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link
)

Further reading

K. Ciechanowski, Walka pod Chojnicami 1 IX 1939 r. [in:] Zapiski historyczne, Toruń Nr 2, 1962

53°42′00″N 17°34′00″E / 53.700000°N 17.566667°E / 53.700000; 17.566667

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[Zaloga-1] ISBN 9781841764085

[2] OCLC 1112373170.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link
)

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