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Battle of Gdynia
Part of Invasion of Poland

German battleship Schleswig-Holstein, stationed at Danzig harbour, shelling nearby Polish positions at Gdynia.
Date8–14 September 1939
Location
Gdynia, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Result German victory
Belligerents
Battle of Gdynia Germany Battle of Gdynia Poland
Commanders and leaders
Nazi Germany Fedor von Bock
Nazi Germany Leonhard Kaupisch
Second Polish Republic Józef Unrug
Second Polish Republic Stanisław Dąbek
Strength
29,000 17,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

Battle of Gdynia was one of the major battles in northern Poland during the Invasion of Poland of 1939. The Germans' main push towards Gdynia began on 8 September and they captured Gdynia six days later on 14 September.

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