Battle of Mokra

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

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.^: 47–49

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