Polish raid on the German town of Fraustadt, September 2, 1939
Raid on Fraustadt
Part of the Invasion of Poland
Date
September 2, 1939
Location
Fraustadt, Province of Silesia, Germany
Result
Successful Polish raid
Geyersdorf briefly occupied
Large number of German munitions captured
Belligerents
Poland
Germany
Commanders and leaders
Władysław Wiecierzyński Edmund Lesisz
Unknown
Strength
55th Poznan Infantry Regiment
Unknown border guard and garrison
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
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The Raid on Fraustadt (Polish: Wypad na Wschowę) was a military raid, carried out by the Polish Army on September 2, 1939, the second day of the Invasion of Poland. Polish forces attacked Wehrmacht positions in and around the town of Fraustadt (present-day Wschowa), in the Province of Silesia, Free State of Prussia.[1]
^Zbigniew Penkalski (2010). "Kampania wrześniowa 1939 r." Monograph: Zygmunt Odrowąż-Zawadzki, "Dzieje 14. Dywizji Piechoty (Poznańskiej)", wyd. DJ, Gdańsk 2005 r. Niewiarowicz.Republika.pl. Archived from the original on April 16, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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