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	Battles Of Lodz-Cracow - LoveToKnow 1911
		In the battle of Kutno on Nov. 16 the resistance of the Russian I. Army was broken, and it withdrew to a sort of bridgehead position S. of Plock.
		Meanwhile in the latter half of November the battle of Cracow was being fought N. of Cracow and E. of Czenstochowa.
		At II A.M. the battle, raging with the same intensity along the whole front, and particularly on the S. wing, had reached its climax, and by the afternoon the crisis seemed to have been overcome.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Battles_Of_Lodz-Cracow (8362 words)

	Lt. Roman Wójciak
		In September 1939 joined the army as an officer and was nominated a battalion commander in the Poznań Army, which he led in the September defense campaign.
		Between 9-20 September 1939, during the Bzura River battle near the region of Łęczyca-Kutno-Łowicz-Sochaczew, Lt. Roman Wójciak fought with his troopers until the battalion was decimated and surrounded by squadrons of the German 8th army.
		After the initial success in the first phase of the battle on the 16th and 17th of September 1939, Polish forces were surrounded by the Germans and then defeated.
	members.shaw.ca /kamera/oflag/wojciak.htm (843 words)

	Polish September Campaign - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Polish Bofors 40 mm antiaircraft gun and a bombed Polish Army column during the Battle of the Bzura.
		The largest battle during this campaign (Battle of Bzura) took place near the Bzura river west of Warsaw from 9 September to 18 September, when Polish armies Poznań and Pomorze, retreating from the border area of the Polish Corridor, attacked the flank of the advancing German 8th army.
		Despite a Polish victory at the battle of Szack, after which the Soviets executed all the NCOs and officers they had managed to capture, the Red Army reached the line of rivers Narew, Western Bug, Vistula and San by September 28, in many cases meeting German units advancing from the other side.
	arikah.com /encyclopedia/Polish_September_Campaign_1939 (6604 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Battle of the Bzura (also known as the Battle of Kutno) was a World War II battle of the Invasion of Poland and was fought September 9 â“ 19,
		This was the largest battle of the Invasion of Poland and took place west of Warsaw, near the Bzura River.
		On September 9, the Polish PoznaÅ Army made a counterattack from the area south of the Bzura river, its target was the German divisions advancing between ÅÄczyca and Åowicz.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Battle_of_the_Bzura_River (916 words)

	Freefire Zone Forums - The Last Gasp: Bzura River, 1939
		Another interesting aspect of the battle was of course that as a counter-offensive, it was one of the few major battles that involved a Polish attack against German forces.
		Many historians since World War II have questioned whether the Battle of Bzura River should have happened at all, whether it was a fatal romantic gamble that needlessly wasted forces that could have been used to prolong resistance later, or more effectively organize the underground resistance when defeat did come.
		The Battle of Bzura took place against the background of a Polish assumption (confirmed through repeated French promises) that France was about to launch a major invasion of Germany.
	www.freefirezone.net /showthread.php?t=6624 (3561 words)

	Battle of Bzura - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Battle of Bzura (also known as Battle of Kutno) took place during the Second World War, Polish September Campaign between 9 September 1939 and 19 September
		It was the largest battle during this campaign.
		It took place near the Bzura river west of Warsaw.
	www.godseye.com /stat/en/b/a/t/Battle_of_Bzura_fcd7.html (284 words)

	World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battle of the River Plate in South America.
		Battle of Britain and gain the air superiority needed to invade Britain.
		Battle of Kursk (July 1943) was so unsuccessful that the Red Army were able to counterattack and regain the ground previously lost.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~eushrair/worldwartwo.htm (3850 words)

	Russian Great War History - 1914
		Battle of Tannenberg ends in the rout of General Samsonov's 2nd army.
		Battles of Grodek and Rava Russka end with the total defeat of Austrian forces.
		The battle of the Vistula River ends with Russian troops under General Russki pushing General Hindenburg's forces back to their original positions.
	www.russianwarrior.com /1914_History.htm (2168 words)

	First World War.com - Primary Documents - British Military Observer's Account of the German Attack on Warsaw, 1914
		Lodz itself was probably one of the most stupendous battles in the history of the world.
		The battles of the Bzura - the plural is used advisedly, because they extended over a period of two months - can be in a way likened to the campaigning along the Yser.
		Days of see-saw battle found the Germans pressing the major part of their military might against the angle made by the Bzura and Rawka with the Pilitza River.
	www.firstworldwar.com /source/warsaw1914_fortescue.htm (2108 words)

	Polish Contribution To World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1940 a Polish Highland Brigade took part in the Battle of Narvik (Norway), and two Polish divisions (First Grenadier Division, and Second Infantry Fusiliers Division) took part in the defense of France, while a Polish motorized brigade and two infantry divisions were in process of forming.
		The Polish Air Force fought in the Battle of France as one fighter squadron GC 1/145, several small units detached to French squadrons, and numerous flights of industry defence (in total, 133 pilots, who achieved 55 victories at a loss of 15 men).
		The 303 Squadron, named after the Polish-American hero, General Tadeusz Kościuszko, achieved the highest number of kills (126) of all fighter squadrons engaged in the Battle of Britain, even though it only joined the combat on August 30, 1940: these 5% of pilots were responsible for a phenomenal 12% of total victories in the Battle.
	www.infoforyou.org /input.php?title=Polish_contribution_to_World_War_II (3384 words)

	WarChron - Opening of Battle of Lodz
		On the Southwest Front, the Russian 3rd Army, led by General Radko-Dmitriev, with the XXI, XI, IX Corps, was deployed along the Wislok River east of Tarnow, moving on Krakau.
		The Russian 5th Army, commanded by General P.A. Pleve, with I Siberian, XIX, and V Corps, was moving west along the Varta River, occupying Velyun.
		They were placed under the command of Hindenburg, who would use them in pressing the Russians back to the Bzura - Ravka River in front of Warsaw by December 15th.
	www.warchron.com /battleOfLodz.htm (1036 words)

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		The Heeresgruppe broke the enemy resistance along the Bzura after rejecting the break through of forces around Kutno with attack of 8.
		The battle south of the road at Sambor is completed.
		Then turn towards the Bzura and complete the circle around the polish forces west of the river.
	chrito.users1.50megs.com /1939/sep/19sept39.htm (1835 words)

	WarChron - January 1915 - Russian Order of Battle
		On 2 January, in Poland, the Russian 1st Army, with four corps, commanded by General A.I. Litvinov, was holding the Bzura River line west of Warsaw.
		The Russian 9th Army, with three corps, headed by General P.A. Lechitskiy, with HQ at Sandomir, was holding the line on Nida River front south of the 4th Army.
		During the battle and ensuing Russian counter-attacks, the 3rd Army suffered 75,000 casualties, 30,000 to frostbite alone, losing 90% of its troops, about one fourth of the entire Turkish Army.
	www.warchron.com /russianOrderofBattle.htm (1053 words)

	Nr.11 'Danuta' and Nr.12 'Poznanczyk' - Polish armoured trains
		However, when the Polish Army won the great Warsaw Battle in August 1920 and repelled the Soviets, the construction of new trains was not considered necessary anymore.
		In May 1920, the train was temporarily converted to wide gauge (the Russian track gauge of 1524 mm / 5ft., instead of standard gauge 1435 mm used in the rest of Europe) in the Lviv workshops and received a new armoured locomotive series "O" from former "Smialy-szeroki" train in order to operate on Soviet railways.
		The first - and last - major battle in which it took part was the battle of the Bzura river - a Polish attempt at a counter-offensive.
	republika.pl /derela/danuta.htm (3514 words)

	My only brother killed in action in the defense of his country Poland
		Wojewoda also gave me some brochures describing the battle and told us my brother was not buried in the general cemetery, as I had believed, but in the military cemetery in Trojanow, the outskirts of Sochaczew.
		The military cemetery is found next to the parish cemetery in Trojanow and is the largest cemetery of soldiers killed in the battle on the Bzura river in September of 1939.
		Next to it is the military cemetery, the largest cemetery of soldiers killed in the battle on the Bzura river in Sept, 1939.
	www.zchor.org /cukier/brother.htm (2789 words)

	Amazon.ca: Poland 1939: the Birth of Blitzkrieg: Books: Steven Zaloga,Howard Gerrard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Several fascinating aspects of the war emerge for further consideration, such as the fact that in the Battle of Bzura, the Poles caught the Wehrmacht with its pants down, with the Germans badly over-extended.
		The capability of the Polish forces to hold their own against their foe was demonstrated with the initial attack, in which the Poles slammed two German divisions backwards into retreat, capturing over 1,500 prisoners in the process.
		This volume has five 2-D maps (dispositions on 1, 7 and 17 September 1939 and two on the Bzura River counterattack) and three 3-D "Bird's Eye View" maps (the Polish defense of Westerplatte, the Battle of Mokra and the Battle for Warsaw).
	www.amazon.ca /Poland-1939-Blitzkrieg-Steven-Zaloga/dp/1841764086 (2927 words)

	List of battles of World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		1942 Battle of Dieppe August 19 - "Operation Jubilee" was an Allied attack on the German occupied Port of Dieppe in France.
		1942 Battle of Stalingrad August 22 - February 2 1943 - City besieged by Paulus' German Sixth Army; from November 23 the Sixth Army is surrounded and destroyed by Soviets; bloodiest battle in history, 1.8 millions dead approx.
		1944 Battle of Peleliu September 17 - A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific.
	list-of-battles-of-world-war-ii.area51.ipupdater.com (1443 words)

	The Museum of The Sochaczew Region and The Battle of The Bzura River
		The Museum of The Sochaczew Region and The Battle of The Bzura River
		Most of the exhibits are connected with those fights, which lasted from the 9th to the 20th of September 1939 - the greatest battle of first campaigns of World War II.
		The military collection of World War II is also presented at the back of the museum building, where you can find Polish Army's heavy equipment (anti-tank, anti-aircraft guns, a tank, an aircraft etc).
	e-sochaczew.pl /muzeum/english/index.html (353 words)

	Looking for photos of the Great Battles in Europe - WW2inColor Talk
		In september 1939 commander of polish two armies "Poznan" and "Pomorze", gen. Tadeusz Kutrzeba started the counter attack directed on the unsecured wing of German 8th Army.
		Whole battle known as a "Battle of Bzura (river)" or "Battle of Kutno", lasted for 9 days (since 9 of september).
		Unfortunately, the only remains of fighting are cementaries all around the battlefield and some museums.
	www.ww2incolor.com /forum/showthread.php?p=83766#post83766 (226 words)

	Hitler in the East
		The Warte River was crossed east of Wielun.
		Text: "The great battle in Poland is nearing its height: the destruction of the Polish army west of the Weichsel.
		To the south, troops are crossing the San River.
	www.calvin.edu /academic/cas/gpa/booklet4.htm (864 words)

	Nr.14 'Paderewski' - Polish armoured train (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In August, it fought in Warsaw Battle within Polish 1st Army's armoured train unit (along with trains "Danuta" and "Msciciel" (The Avenger)).
		After that, "Paderewski" was assigned to the 5th Army (to Maj. Nowicki group), and then to the 2nd Army, in which it fought in the Niemen Battle.
		11 ("Danuta"), the first - and last battle of "Paderewski" was the battle of the Bzura river - the Polish attempt at a counterstrike.
	republika.pl /derela/paderew.htm (1747 words)

	Battle of the Bzura (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		along the shores of Bzura River near Kutno
		German forces consisted of Armies 8 and 10 from Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd).
		The 14th Infantry Division was concentrated in Łaziska.
	www.1bx.com /en/Battle_of_Bzura.htm (936 words)

	Thessaloniki International Trade Fair
		Finally, the Objects from the Field of Battle in the Bzura are a report with regard to the eminent battle in the river Bzura of in September 1939.
		Also is exposed part of table of Wojciech Kossak the Battle of Pyramids (1901).
		The excavations in order to they create the basin of lake began from the Germans at the duration of B of World War.
	www.tif.gr /en/eksoteriko/ektheseis/polagra/plirofories.htm (3942 words)

	Polish September Campaign information information - Search.com
		303 "Kościuszko" Polish Fighter Squadron formed from Polish pilots in the United Kingdom almost 2 months after the Battle of Britain begun is famous for achieving the highest number of enemy kills during the Battle of Britain of all fighter squadrons then in operation.
		Polish to Germany forces in the September Campaign: 1 million soldiers 4,300 guns, 880 tanks, 435 aircraft to 1,8 million soldiers, 10,000 guns, 2,800 tanks, 3,000 aircraft.
		French and participating Allies to German forces in the Battle of France: 2,862,000 soldiers, 13,974 guns, 3,384 tanks, 3,099 aircraft 2 to 3,350,000 soldiers, 7,378 guns, 2,445 tanks, 5,446 aircraft.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Polish_September_Campaign (6749 words)

	Feldgrau :: 8.Armee-Oberkommando
		Defensive Battle in Southern Russia and Retreat to the Dnieper River.
		Defensive Battle in the Area West of Charkov.
		Defensive Battle and Breakout Battle West of Cherkassy.
	www.feldgrau.com /AOK.php?ID=8 (309 words)

	Third Reich Depot World War II Nazi Germany military collectables
		This exquisite time piece commemorates the Battle of the Bzura, also known as the Battle of Kutno, which was fought September 9-19, 1939.
		This was the largest battle of the German invasion of Poland which took place west of Warsaw, near the Bzura River.
		This regiment was lead through the initial phase of the Campaign in the West (Battle of France) under the commanded of then SS-Sturmbannführer Eduard Deisenhofer.
	65.160.172.250 /ssu.html (6313 words)

	Anna M
		In fact, there were some pitched battles with the Red Army, but for the most part Polish soldiers surrendered to the Russians, who also had orders to prevent any Polish forces leaving the country for Romania and Hungary.
		The biggest battle of the campaign was the Battle of the Bzura river, in central Poland, where the Poles fought the Germans for several days.
		Indeed, a supplementary German-Soviet agreement of 28 August amended the division of Poland by including the Pisa river as part of the boundary line in the north, and on September 23 Pravda and other Soviet papers printed the "demarcation line" between German and Soviet armies in Poland.
	web.ku.edu /~eceurope/hist557/lect16.htm (18267 words)

	WWII victory monument and polish soldier [Archive] - Military Photos
		Yes i understand what ure saying..but if you put a statue of a polish soldier in british battle dress on the same statue as a british soldier it would look the same.
		October 31 — At the end of the Battle of Britain, the Kosciuszko Squadron is credited with shooting down 126 German planes in six weeks of combat, more “kills” than were credited to any other squadron attached to the RAF during that same period.
		The General Staff of the RKKA and STAVKA had nevertheless established the battle plan for Poland and East Prussia long before this, and it did not involve the storming of Warsaw - at that point.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/archive/index.php/t-35701.html (17813 words)

	Looking for photos of the Great Battles in Europe [Archive] - WW2inColor Talk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		WW2inColor Talk > Off-Topic > Off Topic - General > Looking for photos of the Great Battles in Europe
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		German bunkers "Johannisburg Stellung" were built in before the war started.
	www.ww2incolor.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-3417.html (201 words)

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