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Westerplatt


The first battle of the war, here a small Polish Garrison of 180 men held out for nearly a week against 3000 German attackers, proving to be the only major point of resistance to the German invasion.

British/Polish - German
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Mława


This long defensive fought to withstand the German onslaught for two and a half days before it was overwhelmed by superior German forces. This line of trenches and anti-tank positions proved to be little problem for the Nazi war machine.

British/Polish - German
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Tuchola Forest


The fighting in this woodland area proved to be a major German victory, as their huge numbers isolated pockets of Polish resistance and crushed them. However, the close quarter fighting was vicious in the deep vegetation.

British/Polish - German
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City of Warsaw


The final Polish stronghold, many of the cities occupants armed themselves against the German assault. Battles for streets took time, with relatively few men on either side having experienced urban warfare before.

Polish Partisans – German
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Węgierska Górka


Five bunker complexes dotted the countryside here, holding out against the German forces who sent wave upon wave of attacks at the positions. After two days of heavy fighting, the German soldiers triumphed.

British/Polish - German
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Kock


A final, desperate defence made by Polish troops, the remaining soldiers in the Polish army set up around the town of Kock. Heavy fighting took place in the fields and villages around the town, before finally the Polish were destroyed.

British/Polish – German
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Siege of Lwów


A city in south east of Poland, holding this position was vital to allow retreating Polish troops to exit into Romania. Polish high command ordered that the city beheld at all costs as Soviet and German troops relentlessly assaulted it.

British/Polish – German/Soviet
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Lublin-Brest Offensive


A huge push made by the USSR in 1944, its aim was to clear German troops from eastern Poland and apply more pressure to the Germans after the fighting in Normandy. In the closing days of the offensive, an uprising took place in Warsaw and around, overthrowing the German troops.

Soviet/Free Polish - German
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Vistula-Oder Offensive


This major offensive in the cold winter of 1944-1945 relied upon two forced crossings of the Vistula and Oder rivers. East Prussia was seized and huge areas of land swallowed up by Red forces.

Soviet - German
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Poland


First to fight, the German invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939 marks the starting point of the Second World War in Europe. Several weeks later, a Soviet invasion from the East doomed Poland's flagging defense against the Germans and her allies in the West. Site of viscous fighting between German and Soviet forces as well as active resistance by the Polish against both sides throughout the war.

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