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This is a chronological list of wars in which Poland or its predecessor states of took an active part, extending from the reign of Mieszko I (960–992) to the present. This list does not include peacekeeping operations (such as UNPROFOR, UNTAES or UNMOP), humanitarian missions or training missions supported by the Polish Armed Forces.
Poland and Germany have been in many armed conflicts against each other. These include conflicts such as Polish–Teutonic Wars, Silesian Uprisings and World War II. This does include Polish and German intervention in wars such as the Lithuanian Civil War or the Polish–Ukrainian conflict. Polish or Polish – Lithuanian victory.
History of Poland. The history of Poland from 1939 to 1945 encompasses primarily the period from the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union to the end of World War II. Following the German–Soviet non-aggression pact, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on 1 September 1939 and by the Soviet Union on 17 September.
66,000 killed. 133,700 wounded. ~675,000 captured. 132 tanks and cars. 327 aircraft. The Invasion of Poland, [e] also known as the September Campaign, [f] Polish Campaign, [g] and Polish Defensive War of 1939[h][13] (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the ...
It ended on October 6, 1939, with Germany and the Soviet Union occupying the entirety of Poland. German losses included about 16,000 killed in action, 28,000 wounded, 3,500 missing, over 200 aircraft, and 30% of their armored vehicles. The Polish casualties were about 66,000 dead and 694,000 captured.
In September 1939, Poland was invaded and occupied by two powers: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, acting in accordance with the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. [7] Germany acquired 48.4% of the former Polish territory. [8] Under the terms of two decrees by Hitler, with Stalin 's agreement (8 and 12 October 1939), large areas of western Poland ...
The Polish–Soviet War[N 1] (14 February 1919 [3] – 18 March 1921) was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, following World War I and the Russian Revolution, over territories previously controlled by the Russian Empire and the Habsburg monarchy.
8 September: Battle of Wola Cyrusowa. 8–28 September: Siege of Warsaw. 8–14 September: Battle of Gdynia. 8–9 September: Battle of Radom. 9 September: Ciepielów massacre. 9–19 September: Battle of the Bzura. 9–20 September: Battle of Kampinos Forest. 10–19 September: Battle of Kępa Oksywska. 10–11 September: Battle of Jarosław.