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| | Kobrin or Kobryn, Brest-Litovsk, Russia now called Brest, Belarus. Other names are Brisk, Brestye, Berestie, Brzesc, ... |
 | | The Jews and their property suffering greatly, especially at the hands of the Polish soldiers, who mutinied on account of non-payment of their salaries and compensated themselves at the cost of the Jews. |
 | | At 4:45 AM Adolph Hitler's operation Fall Weiss (Case White) was launched and 53 divisions of the German Army (1,000,000 soldiers, 880 tanks, 400 aircraft) cut through Poland's frontier at several points supported for the first time in the history of combat by close air and mobile ground support (Blitzkrieg tactics). |
 | | the town was the scene of heavy fighting between the Polish 60th Infantry Division of Colonel Adam Epler and the German XIX Panzer Corps of |
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