Nowogródzka Cavalry Brigade as a part of the Modlin Army from the 1st to 11th of September 1939 Cover Image

Nowogródzka Brygada Kawalerii w ramach Armii Modlin od 1 do 11 września 1939 roku
Nowogródzka Cavalry Brigade as a part of the Modlin Army from the 1st to 11th of September 1939

Author(s): Dominik Służałek
Subject(s): Military history, Political history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article was to present the military and political situation faced by Poland in September 1939. The situation of Poland before these events was also described. The article presents the struggle of the Modlin Army, and especially of the Nowogródzka Cavalry Brigade, as well as the 20th and the 8th Infantry Division and the Mazowiecka Cavalry Brigade, in the period from 1st of September, through fights with the Germans on 4th to 7th of September in the Płock region, until the time of the move towards the Kampinos Forest on the 10th . The cadre and weaponry of the Nowogródzka Cavalry Brigade and of its adversary, 217th German Infantry Division of the Third Army, were also described, presenting the military advantage of the Germans.

  • Issue Year: I/2009
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 153-165
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish