Battle of Kampinos Forest

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Battle of Kampinos Forest
Part of the
Invasion of Poland
Date9–20 September 1939
Location
Kampinos Forest, Warsaw Voivodeship, Poland
Result German victory
Belligerents
Nazi Germany Germany Second Polish Republic Poland
Commanders and leaders
Nazi Germany Gerd von Rundstedt Second Polish Republic Tadeusz Kutrzeba
Second Polish Republic Władysław Bortnowski
Second Polish Republic Wiktor Thommée
Strength
8th Army (Wehrmacht)
10th Army (Wehrmacht)		 Remnants of
Pomorze Army

The Battle of Kampinos Forest was in fact a series of

Polish Army and the German Wehrmacht
.

By 16 September, the remnants of the Polish

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.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9781841764085

52°16′28″N 20°27′26″E / 52.27444°N 20.45722°E / 52.27444; 20.45722

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