Eastern Front of World War II (1939 phase)

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The Eastern Front of World War II (1939 phase) refers to the initial campaigns and clashes in Eastern Europe following Germany’s invasion of Poland, involving German, Polish, and Soviet forces and setting the stage for the later, larger-scale Eastern Front conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign phase ⓘ
theater of war phase ⓘ
followedBy Eastern Front of World War II (1941–1945) ⓘ
Soviet occupation of the Baltic states ⓘ
Winter War ⓘ
hasAlternateName 1939 Eastern Front campaign ⓘ
initial Eastern Front phase of World War II ⓘ
hasBelligerent Polish Armed Forces ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
Slovak Army (1939) ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
hasCause German–Soviet Non-aggression Pact ⓘ
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact secret protocol ⓘ
hasCommander Edward Rydz-Śmigły ⓘ
Fedor von Bock ⓘ
Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Juliusz Rómmel ⓘ
Mikhail Kovalyov ⓘ
Semyon Timoshenko ⓘ
Walther von Brauchitsch ⓘ
hasConflict Battle of Grodno (1939) ⓘ
Battle of Janów Forest ⓘ
Battle of Kock (1939) ⓘ
Battle of Kodziowce ⓘ
Battle of Lwów (1939) ⓘ
Battle of Mokra ⓘ
Battle of Mława ⓘ
Battle of Szack ⓘ
Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski ⓘ
Battle of Westerplatte ⓘ
Battle of Wilno (1939) ⓘ
Battle of Wizna ⓘ
Battle of Wytyczno ⓘ
Battle of the Border (1939) ⓘ
Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
Battle of the Hel Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Hel

German invasion of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Invasion of Poland

Invasion of Poland ⓘ
Siege of Warsaw (1939) ⓘ
Soviet invasion of Poland ⓘ
hasEndTime 1939-10 ⓘ
hasLocation Eastern Europe ⓘ
German Reich ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Germany

Second Polish Republic ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
hasMainParticipants Nazi Germany ⓘ
Second Polish Republic ⓘ
Slovak Republic (1939–1945) ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
hasOutcome annexation of eastern Polish territories by the Soviet Union ⓘ
defeat of Poland ⓘ
establishment of German occupation zones in Poland ⓘ
partition of Poland between Germany and the Soviet Union ⓘ
hasStartTime 1939-09-01 ⓘ
hasStrategicSignificance set the stage for later large-scale Eastern Front operations ⓘ
partOf Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
precededBy pre-war tensions in Eastern Europe ⓘ

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Battle of Kodziowce → facetOf → Eastern Front of World War II (1939 phase) ⓘ
Battle of Kock → front → Eastern Front of World War II (1939 campaign) ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front of World War II (1939 phase)
Eastern Front of World War II (1939 phase) → hasAlternateName → 1939 Eastern Front campaign ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front of World War II (1939 phase)