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Modlin Fortress
Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland
One of the bridgeheads on the other side of the Narew
Type
Bastion citadel
Site information
Controlled by
France, Imperial Russia, Poland
Site history
Built
1806–1812
In use
1812–present
Battles/wars
November Uprising, Battle of Modlin
Modlin Fortress (Polish: Twierdza Modlin) is one of the largest 19th-century fortresses in Poland. It is located in the town of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki in district Modlin on the Narew river, approximately 50 kilometers north of Warsaw. It was originally constructed by the French from 1806 to 1812.
ModlinFortress (Polish: Twierdza Modlin) is one of the largest 19th-century fortresses in Poland. It is located in the town of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki in...
The Battle of Modlin took place during the 1939 German invasion of Poland at the beginning of the Second World War. ModlinFortress was initially the...
invasion of Poland in 1939 Battle of Modlin, a battle during the Polish September Campaign ModlinFortress, a fortress in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland, constructed...
1883 and 1890. There were plans to combine the Warsaw fortress with the nearby ModlinFortress by building a chain of connecting forts, but this work...
all forces defending Warsaw, including the Warsaw Defense Force, the ModlinFortress and the army units immediately south and north-east of Warsaw During...
captured while crossing the border into Slovakia after the defeat of the ModlinFortress during the 1939 invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany. Gajowniczek survived...
tanks. Created on September 10, 1939, from various units in Warsaw and ModlinFortress area. Initially it consisted of approximately 25 infantry battalions...
Gille's IV SS Panzer Corps, covering the approaches to Warsaw near the ModlinFortress. After the Soviet Operation Bagration and the destruction of Army Group...
comprising three major nodes: the Warsaw Fortress, ModlinFortress and Zegrze. The main body of the fortress consisted of two forts joined with an earthwork...
by 13 September, Warsaw and the partly-modernised fortress of Modlin had been surrounded. The fortress was separated from Warsaw on 22 September and despite...
December 1813, General Daendels commanded Polish forces defending the ModlinFortress, located northwest of Warsaw. It was the final French stronghold along...
otherwise seek internment in neutral ports.: 15 II Corps approaches ModlinFortress, where parts of the corps settle in to besiege the defenders, while...
civilian volunteers and militias, held out until 28 September. The ModlinFortress north of Warsaw capitulated on 29 September, after an intense 16-day...
Tadeusz Kutrzeba learned that units of Army Łódź had retreated to the ModlinFortress and decided to stop the offensive and instead sought to try to break...
July 13, 1944. In late-August 1944, the division was ordered back to ModlinFortress on the Vistula River line near Warsaw where it joined the newly formed...
cathedrals. There are also palaces and parks in Nieborów and Arkadia, the ModlinFortress, castles in Czersk, Pułtusk, Ciechanów, Opinogóra, Rawa Mazowiecka...
guns, a million cartridges and 100,000 pounds/45 tonnes of gunpowder. ModlinFortress near Warsaw, Thorn and Malbork (Marienburg) served as vital ammunition...
Mikhail Tukhachevsky approached the Polish capital of Warsaw and nearby ModlinFortress by the river's mouth.[citation needed] The Polish September campaign...
withdrawing through the large forest complex towards Warsaw and the ModlinFortress. The route was adopted by the Pomorze Army, under Gen. Władysław Bortnowski...
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