For the battle during the Ottoman–Albanian Wars, see Battle of Mokra (1445).
Battle of Mokra
Part of Invasion of Poland
Monument commemorating the battle
Date
1 September 1939
Location
Mokra, Kielce Voivodeship, Poland
Result
Polish victory
Belligerents
Germany
Poland
Commanders and leaders
Georg-Hans Reinhardt Friedrich Kirchner
Julian Filipowicz
Units involved
XVI Panzer Corps:
4th Panzer Division
1st Panzer Division
31st Infantry Division
18th Infantry Division
Army Łódź:
Volhynian Cavalry Brigade
Śmiały (armoured train)
Army Krakow:
7th Infantry Division
Casualties and losses
800 killed, missing, captured, or wounded 50 tanks 100-110 vehicles
500 killed, missing or wounded 300 horses several guns 1 tankette
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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
The Battle of Mokra took place on 1 September 1939 near the village of Mokra, 5 km north of Kłobuck and 23 km north-west of Częstochowa, Poland. It was one of the first battles of the Invasion of Poland, during the Second World War, and was one of the few Polish victories of that campaign and the first German defeat of the conflict.[1]: 47–49
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