battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Krasnobród
Battle of Krasnobród was a battle fought on 23 September 1939 at Krasnobród, in what is now Poland. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: Polish victory.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 23 September 1939 | |
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| Place | Krasnobród, Poland 50.545N, 23.218E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | Nowogródzka Cavalry Brigade; 2nd Horse Artillery Division; 2nd Horse Rifles Regiment; 1st KOP Cavalry Regiment | 8th Infantry Division; Heavy East Prussian cavalry |
| Casualties and losses | 26 killed; 35 wounded | 47 killed; 30 wounded; 100 men captured |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Krasnobród 1672, same recorded site
- Battle of Krasnobród 1863, same recorded site
- Battle of Porytowe Wzgórze 1944, 16 km W
- Battle of Komarów 1914, 18 km SE
- Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski 1939, 18 km SE
Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1672 and 1939.
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Kamionka Strumiłowa 21 September 1939
- After: Skirmish near Kalety 23 September 1939
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1939
- Battles of Khalkhin Gol Mongolia
- Gleiwitz incident Poland
- Italian invasion of Albania Albania
- Battle of Suomussalmi Finland
- Battle of Changsha People's Republic of China
Battle of Krasnobród 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 Q4871491, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Krasnobród (1939), revision 1371162076, 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.