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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.
Date
8–14 September 1939
Location
Gdynia, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Result
German victory
Belligerents
Germany
Poland
Commanders and leaders
Fedor von Bock Leonhard Kaupisch
Józef Unrug Stanisław Dąbek
Strength
29,000
17,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown
Unknown
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Invasion of Poland
Battle of the Border
Wieluń
Chojnice
Krojanty
Lasy Królewskie
Mokra
Pszczyna
Grudziądz
Mława
Jordanów
Fraustadt
Węgierska Górka
Tuchola Forest
Częstochowa
Mikołów
Katowice
Bukowiec
Slovak invasion
Baltic coast
Westerplatte
Danzig
Danzig Bay
Worek Plan
Gdynia
Hel
Kępa Oksywska
4–10 September
Tomaszów Mazowiecki
Wizna
Łódź
Borowa Góra
Piotrków
Różan
Pułtusk
Radom
Łomża
Barak
Wola Cyrusowa
Northern Front
Warsaw
Bzura
Kałuszyn
Węgrów
Wilno
Modlin
Kobryń
Brześć
2nd Tomaszów Lubelski
Wólka Węglowa
Kampinos Forest
Krasnystaw
Łomianki
Krasnobród
Kock
Southern Front
Przemyśl
Jarosław
1st Tomaszów Lubelski
Jaworów
Janów Forest
Cześniki
Lwów
Soviet invasion of Poland
Slovak invasion of Poland
Operation Tannenberg
Timeline
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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