Battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki

Battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki Part of Invasion of Poland Date 6 September 1939 Location Near Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland Result German victory Belligerents  Germany  Poland Commanders and leaders Erich Höpner Władysław Zubosz-Kaliński Strength Two Panzer Divisions of the XVI Panzer Corps 13th Infantry Division Casualties and losses 100 killed 21 tanks destroyed 770 killed 1023 wounded

Invasion of Poland Battle of the Border Chojnice Krojanty Lasy Królewskie Mokra Pszczyna Grudziądz Mława Jordanów Fraustadt Węgierska Górka Tuchola Forest Częstochowa Mikołów Bukowiec Slovak invasion Baltic coast Westerplatte Danzig Danzig Bay Gdynia Hel Kępa Oksywska 4-10 September Tomaszów Mazowiecki Wizna Łódź Borowa Góra Piotrków Różan Pułtusk Radom Łomża Barak Wola Cyrusowa Northern Front Siege of Warsaw Bzura Kałuszyn Węgrów Wilno Modlin Kobryń Brześć 2nd Tomaszów Lubelski Wólka Węglowa Kampinos Forest Krasnystaw Łomianki Krasnobród Kock Southern Front Przemyśl Jarosław 1st Tomaszów Lubelski Jaworów Janów Forest Cześniki Lwów Soviet invasion of Poland Sarny Wilno Husynne Grodno Władypol Szack Wytyczno Parczew, Jabłoń and Milanów

Battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki (Polish: Bitwa pod Tomaszowem Mazowieckim) refers to the battle on 6 September 1939 near the town of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Second Polish Republic, during the Invasion of Poland.

The area was defended by Polish 13th Infantry Division under Col. Władysław Zubosz-Kaliński, and Germany's assault was carried by two armored divisions of the 16th Panzer Corps. After the day-long battle, German forces broke through the Polish defences and took the town. Polish 13th Division sustained heavy losses and was forced to retreat towards Warsaw.

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Coordinates: 51°32′00″N 20°01′00″E / 51.533333°N 20.016667°E / 51.533333; 20.016667