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Record group: Collection SFF: JEROME R. LILIENTHAL STEREOGRAPHIC COLLECTION RELATING TO THE GERMAN INVASION OF POLAND, 1939 - 1939 (National Archives Identifier: 988) Series: Stereographic Views, "Soldaten des Fuhrers im Felde" ("The Fuhrer's Soldiers in the Field"), compiled 1939 - ca. 1939 (National Archives Identifier: 559368 )
English: The German-soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939 Red Army soldier guarding a Polish PWS-26 trainer aircraft shot down near the city of Równe (Rivne) in the Soviet occupied part of Poland. Date
Westerplatte Peninsula, Gdańsk, Poland; Associated events German-Soviet Invasion of Poland 1939, Second World War; Associated themes Nazi-Soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939, Poland 1939-1945, Polish Armed Forces 1939-1945; Associated keywords Military occupation; Category
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The Boryszew massacre, which took place on September 22, 1939, in the village of Boryszew (now a district of Sochaczew), was a war crime committed by the Wehrmacht during its invasion of Poland. On that day, 50 Polish prisoners of war from the "Bydgoszcz" Battalion of National Defense were executed following a kangaroo court trial.
English: The Nazi-soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939 Death and destruction by the roadside at Kock, where the last battle of the Polish campaign between Polish Independent Operational Group 'Polesie' commanded by General Franciszek Kleeberg and German XIV Motorised Corps led by General Gustav von Wietersheim, took place.
The Wyszanów massacre, which occurred on September 2, 1939, in the village of Wyszanów was a war crime committed by the Wehrmacht during its invasion of Poland.On that day, 22 Poles, mostly elderly people, women, and children, died from bullets, flames, and grenades thrown into the basements.
The Wizna fortified area was one of the most important nodes in Northern Poland, providing cover of both the river crossings, and the roads Łomża–Białystok and roads towards Brześć Litewski on the rear of Polish forces. Construction started in June 1939, only two months before the outbreak of World War II. [6]