Polish–German front

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The Polish–German front was the primary theater of ground combat between Poland and Nazi Germany during the 1939 invasion of Poland at the outset of World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military front ⓘ
theater of war ⓘ
belligerentSide Allies of World War II ⓘ
Axis powers ⓘ
chronology early World War II European theater ⓘ
combatant Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
Polish Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
conflict Invasion of Poland ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
describedAs primary theater of ground combat between Poland and Nazi Germany in September 1939 ⓘ
endTime 1939-10-06 ⓘ
followedBy German–Soviet partition of Poland ⓘ
Norwegian campaign ⓘ
Western Front (World War II) ⓘ
linked to: Western Front
hasPart Battle of Hel ⓘ
Battle of Kock (1939) ⓘ
Battle of Mokra ⓘ
Battle of Mława ⓘ
Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski ⓘ
Battle of Westerplatte ⓘ
Battle of the Border (1939) ⓘ
Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
Siege of Warsaw (1939) ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1930s ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
location Nazi Germany ⓘ
Second Polish Republic ⓘ
mainDirectionOfAttack from the north ⓘ
from the south ⓘ
from the west ⓘ
notableAspect combined arms operations of armor, air power, and infantry ⓘ
notableEvent Blitzkrieg tactics first used on a large scale by Germany ⓘ
opponent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
partOf European theater of World War II ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
precededBy German–Polish border incidents (1930s) ⓘ
relatedTo German–Soviet invasion of Poland ⓘ
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact ⓘ
result German victory ⓘ
startTime 1939-09-01 ⓘ
strategicObjective defeat and occupation of Poland by Germany ⓘ
defense of Polish territory and sovereignty ⓘ

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Battle of Mokra → front → Polish–German front ⓘ
Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski → front → Polish–German front in southeastern Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish–German front