Battle of Pułtusk (1939)
The Battle of Pułtusk (1939) was a battle between the Polish Army and the German Wehrmacht in Pultusk, Poland in the first week of World War II.
| Battle of Pułtusk (1939) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Poland | Germany | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Jan Kazimierz Mazur | Siegfried Haenicke | ||||||
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13th Infantry Regiment (Poland) Battalion National Defense (Poland) Battalion Warsaw III 3rd Battalion of 115th Reserve Regiment 12th field artillery platoon | 61st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) | ||||||
The battle started on 6 September 1939 with an attack by German forces on Polish positions. After repelling several German attacks, the Polish Army was forced to withdraw on 7 September to prevent encirclement.
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