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Battle of Bukowiec

Battle of Bukowiec was a battle fought on 3 September 1939 in what is now Poland. The recorded result: German victory.

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Fought3 September 1939
WherePoland53.434N, 18.240E
OutcomeGerman victory
BelligerentsNazi GermanyagainstSecond Polish Republic

Record

Date3 September 1939
PlacePoland
53.434N, 18.240E
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
Commanders
  • Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
  • Julian Arnoldt-Russocki
  • Janusz Pasturak
Battle of BukowiecBattle of BukowiecBattle of Tuchola ForestBattle of KoronowoBattle of GrudziądzSiege of GraudenzBattle of BydgoszczBattle of Tuchola ForestBattle of KoronowoBattle of BydgoszczGdańskPoznańGdyniaOlsztynElblągKoszalinInowrocław100 km53.434N, 18.240E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Elsewhere in 1939

Battle of Bukowiec is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 502 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q11688170, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Bukowiec, revision 1371163644, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.