Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski

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Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski Part of Invasion of Poland Date September 17 – September 26, 1939 Location Near Tomaszów Lubelski, Poland Result German victory Belligerents Poland Nazi Germany Commanders Antoni Szylling Tadeusz Piskor Unknown Strength Armies "Kraków" and "Lublin" Unknown Casualties and losses Unknown Unknown

v • d • e Invasion of Poland Westerplatte – Danzig – The Border - Krojanty – Chojnice – Grudziądz – Lasy Królewskie – Mokra – Gdańsk Bay – Pszczyna – Mława – Tuchola Forest – Jordanów – Borowa Góra – Mikołów – Węgierska Górka – Tomaszów Mazowiecki – Wizna – Łódź – Przemyśl – Piotrków – Różan – Radom – Łomża – Wola Cyrusowa – Warsaw – Gdynia – Hel – Bzura – Jarosław – Kałuszyn – Węgrów – Wilno – Lwów – Modlin – Kobryń – Brześć – Kępa Oksywska – Tomaszów Lubelski – Wólka Węglowa – Kampinos Forest – Janów, Wereszyca, and Hołosko – Krasnystaw – Grodno – Sarny – Cześniki – Krasnobród – Władypol – Szack – Wytyczno – Parczew – Kock

Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski took place from 17 September to 26 September 1939 near the town of Tomaszów Lubelski. It was the second largest battle^[1] of the Invasion of Poland (Battle of Bzura was the largest) and also the largest tank battle of the campaign^[2]. It resulted in the destruction of the Polish Armies "Kraków" and "Lublin".

The battle can be divided into two phases - from 17th to 20th September and from 20th to 26th. In the first phase, Polish forces were composed of Army Lublin and Army Kraków under general Tadeusz Piskor. The second phase involved Polish units from the so-called Northern Front - elements of Army Lublin and Operational Groups Wyszków, Narew and Anders Cavalry under generals Emil Krukowicz-Przedrzymirski and Stefan Dąb-Biernacki.

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