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The charge at Krojanty, battle of Krojanty, [1] the riding of Krojanty or skirmish of Krojanty [2] was a Polish cavalry charge on the evening of 1 September 1939, the first day of the Second World War, near the Pomeranian village of Krojanty. It occurred at the start of the invasion of Poland and was part of the larger Battle of Tuchola Forest.
Created on March 23, 1939, as the main pivot of Polish defence. Its main task was to delay advancing German troops and withdraw eastwards along the northern line of the Carpathians. It consisted of 5 infantry divisions, 1 mountain infantry division, 1 motorized cavalry brigade, 1 mountain brigade and 1 cavalry brigade under gen. Antoni Szylling.
Führungsstab z.b.V. [s] 1 (also known as Kommandostab [t] Wodrig, Korps Wodrig) Generalleutnant Albert Wodrig 1. Infanterie-Division (Generalmajor Joachim von Kortzfleisch) Infanterie-Regiment 1, 22, 43 Artillerie-Regiment 1 12. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Ludwig von der Leyen) Infanterie-Regiment 27, 48, 89 Artillerie-Regiment 12 ...
On 1 September 1939, the XVIII Panzer Corps, part of the German 14th Army, crossed the Polish border from Slovakia. In an attempt to outflank the positions of the Polish Kraków Army under Gen. Antoni Szylling defending Silesia and western Lesser Poland , the Germans crossed the Tatra passes and assaulted the towns of Chabówka and Nowy Targ .
Apart from countless battles and skirmishes in which the Polish cavalry units fought dismounted, there were 16 confirmed cavalry charges during the 1939 war. Contrary to common belief, most of them were successful. The first and perhaps best known cavalry charge happened on 1 September 1939, during the Battle of Krojanty.
Polish cavalry at Battle of the Bzura. 58 German divisions, including 9 Panzer divisions, were deployed against Poland. [26] Germany commanded 1.5 million men, 187,000 motor vehicles, 15,000 artillery pieces, 2,600 tanks, 1,300 armored vehicles, 52,000 machine guns and 363,000 horses. 1,390 Luftwaffe warplanes were used to attack Polish targets.
The German force fighting in the battle consisted of the entire XVI Panzer Corps.The unit, part of German 10th Army, was the strongest Panzer corps in the Wehrmacht and on 1 September 1939 included between 616 and 650 tanks of all types (the entire Polish Army had 313 proper tanks altogether, not including reconnaissance tankettes).
1st Mountain Division, 2nd Mountain Division, part of 7th Infantry Division, part of 5th Panzer Division Soviet: 6th Army: 11 infantry battalions 5 batteries of artillery (mainly 75 mm guns) 2 armoured trains 1 cavalry unit 1 engineering platoon and a small number of soldiers who had retreated into the city from elsewhere: Casualties and losses