Battle of Hel

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The Battle of Hel was a World War II engagement in which Polish forces defended the Hel Peninsula against German attacks during the 1939 campaign in Poland.

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Generate an image of the Battle of Hel (The Battle of Hel was a World War II engagement in which Polish forces defended the Hel Peninsula against German attacks during the 1939 campaign in Poland.)

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Hel canonical 7
siege of Hel Peninsula 2
Battle of the Hel Peninsula 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Obrona Helu ⓘ
attacker Germany ⓘ
belligerent Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
campaign September Campaign ⓘ
combatType coastal defense operation ⓘ
land battle ⓘ
conflict Invasion of Poland ⓘ
countryAtTime Second Polish Republic ⓘ
countryInvolved Nazi Germany ⓘ
Second Polish Republic ⓘ
defender Poland ⓘ
defensiveLine Hel Peninsula fortifications ⓘ
endDate 1939-10-02 ⓘ
endedWith Polish capitulation at Hel ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
front Polish coastal front ⓘ
hasPart siege of Hel Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Hel
historicalRegion Pomerania ⓘ
involvedBranch German Army ⓘ
linked to: Wehrmacht

German Luftwaffe ⓘ
linked to: Luftwaffe

Polish Army ⓘ
Polish Navy ⓘ
location Hel Peninsula ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Pomeranian Voivodeship ⓘ
notableFeature defense of a narrow peninsula fortification line ⓘ
one of the last Polish positions to capitulate in the 1939 campaign ⓘ
opponent Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf World War II ⓘ
precededBy German invasion of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Invasion of Poland
relatedEvent Defense of the Polish coast in 1939 ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Kock (1939) ⓘ
Battle of Westerplatte ⓘ
result German victory ⓘ
significance symbol of prolonged Polish resistance in 1939 ⓘ
startDate 1939-09-01 ⓘ
strategicObjective control of access to the Bay of Gdańsk ⓘ
elimination of Polish coastal defenses ⓘ
theatre European theatre of World War II ⓘ
timePeriod September 1939 ⓘ
early World War II ⓘ
usedFortifications Hel Fortress ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Invasion of Poland → keyEvent → Battle of Hel ⓘ
Battle of Hel → hasPart → siege of Hel Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Hel
Obrona Helu → label → Battle of Hel ⓘ
Obrona Helu → hasPart → siege of Hel Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Hel
1939 Defensive War → hasMajorEvent → Battle of Hel ⓘ
Polish capitulation at Hel → precededBy → siege of Hel ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Hel
Polish capitulation at Hel → relatedTo → Battle of Hel ⓘ
Polish–German front → hasPart → Battle of Hel ⓘ
Eastern Front of World War II (1939 phase) → hasConflict → Battle of the Hel Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Hel