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Wołyńska Cavalry Brigade

Index Wołyńska Cavalry Brigade

The Volhynian Cavalry Brigade (Wołyńska Brygada Kawalerii) was a Polish cavalry brigade, which saw action against the invading Germans during the Invasion of Poland, a part of World War II. [1]

53 relations: Andrespol, Łódź, Łódź Army, Battle of Mokra, Battle of Wola Cyrusowa, Brigade, Bug River, Cavalry, Dubno, Edmund Różycki, Huta Różaniecka, Invasion of Poland, Kamieńsk, Kampinos, Kampinos Forest, Kraków Cavalry Brigade, Krasnobród, Mazowiecka Cavalry Brigade, Mińsk Mazowiecki, Modlin Fortress, Nazi Germany, Nowogródzka Cavalry Brigade, Operational Group, Ostroh, Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland, Polish army order of battle in 1939, Polish Land Forces, Polish Northern Front (1939), Polkovnik, Rivne, Roman Abraham, Siege of Warsaw (1939), Sokółka, Stefan Dąb-Biernacki, Szymanów, Sochaczew County, Tuszyn, Volhynia, Wacław Stachiewicz, Wagon fort, Warsaw, Warta, Widawka, Wiktor Thommée, World War II, 10th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 12th Podolian Uhlan Regiment, 18th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 19th Volhynian Uhlan Regiment, 21st Vistula Uhlan Regiment, ..., 4th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 68th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 7th Infantry Division (Poland). Expand index (3 more) »

Andrespol

Andrespol (Andreasfeld) is a village in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.

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Łódź

Łódź (לאדזש, Lodzh; also written as Lodz) is the third-largest city in Poland and an industrial hub.

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Łódź Army

Łódź Army (Armia Łódź) was one of the Polish armies that took part in the Invasion of Poland of 1939.

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Battle of Mokra

The Battle of Mokra took place on September 1, 1939 near the village of Mokra, 5 km north from Kłobuck, 23 km north-west from Częstochowa, Poland.

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Battle of Wola Cyrusowa

The Battle of Wola Cyrusowa took place on 8 September 1939 near the village of Wola Cyrusowa near Stryków in Poland, during the September Campaign.

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Brigade

A brigade is a major tactical military formation that is typically composed of three to six battalions plus supporting elements.

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Bug River

The Bug River (Bug or Western Bug; Західний Буг, Zakhidnyy Buh, Захо́дні Буг, Zakhodni Buh; Западный Буг, Zapadnyy Bug) is a major European river which flows through three countries with a total length of.

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Cavalry

Cavalry (from the French cavalerie, cf. cheval 'horse') or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback.

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Dubno

Dubno (Ду́бно, Dubno) is a city located on the Ikva River in Rivne Oblast (province) of western Ukraine.

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Edmund Różycki

Edmund Różycki (born January 13, 1827 in Volhynia, died 1893 in Kraków) was a Polish general in the January Uprising, and the overall commander of the uprising in Volhynia and Podolia.

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Huta Różaniecka

Huta Różaniecka (Гута Рожанецька, Huta Rozhanets’ka) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Narol, within Lubaczów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.

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Invasion of Poland

The Invasion of Poland, known in Poland as the September Campaign (Kampania wrześniowa) or the 1939 Defensive War (Wojna obronna 1939 roku), and in Germany as the Poland Campaign (Polenfeldzug) or Fall Weiss ("Case White"), was a joint invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, the Free City of Danzig, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the beginning of World War II.

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Kamieńsk

Kamieńsk is a town in Poland, in the Łódź Voivodeship, in Radomsko County.

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Kampinos

Kampinos is a village in Warsaw West County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.

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Kampinos Forest

Kampinos Forest is a large forest complex located in Masovian Voivodeship, west of Warsaw in Poland.

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Kraków Cavalry Brigade

Kraków Cavalry Brigade (Krakowska Brygada Kawalerii) was a unit of the Polish Army, created on April 1, 1937.

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Krasnobród

Krasnobród is a small town in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland.

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Mazowiecka Cavalry Brigade

Mazowiecka Cavalry Brigade (Mazowiecka Brygada Kawalerii) was a cavalry unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period, which took part in the Polish September Campaign.

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Mińsk Mazowiecki

Mińsk Mazowiecki "Masovian Minsk" is a town in central Poland with 40,211 inhabitants (2015).

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Modlin Fortress

Modlin Fortress (Polish Twierdza Modlin) is one of the biggest 19th century fortresses in Poland.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

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Nowogródzka Cavalry Brigade

Nowogródzka Cavalry Brigade (Polish: Nowogródzka Brygada Kawalerii) was a cavalry unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period.

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Operational Group

Operational Group (Grupa Operacyjna, abbreviated GO) was the highest level of tactical division of the Polish Army before and during World War II and the invasion of Poland.

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Ostroh

Ostroh (Остро́г; Остро́г, Ostrog; Ostróg) is a historic city located in Rivne Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, on the Horyn River.

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Piotrków Trybunalski

Piotrków Trybunalski (also known by alternative names) is a city in central Poland with 74,694 inhabitants (2016).

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Poland

Poland (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country located in Central Europe.

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Polish army order of battle in 1939

Polish OOB during the invasion of Poland.

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Polish Land Forces

The Land Forces (Wojska Lądowe) are a military branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland.

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Polish Northern Front (1939)

Polish Northern Front (1939) (Polish language: Front Północny, also called Army Group of General Stefan Dąb-Biernacki) was an operational unit of the Polish Army in the Invasion of Poland.

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Polkovnik

Polkovnik (lit) is a military rank in Slavic countries and countries in the former Soviet Union mostly which corresponds to a colonel in English-speaking states, and oberst in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries.

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Rivne

Rivne (Рівне; Rovno; Równe) is a historic city in western Ukraine and the historical region of Volhynia.

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Roman Abraham

Roman Abraham (1891 Lwów - 1976 Warsaw) was a Polish cavalry general, commander of Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade during German and Soviet Invasion of Poland in September 1939, in Battle of Bzura commander of Polish cavalry (combined cavalry unit).

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Siege of Warsaw (1939)

The Siege of Warsaw in 1939 was fought between the Polish Warsaw Army (Armia Warszawa) garrisoned and entrenched in the capital of Poland (Warsaw) and the invading German Army.

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Sokółka

Sokółka (Sokulka, Sakala, Sakalinė, Саку́лка Sakúlka) is a town in Podlaskie Voivodeship in northeastern Poland.

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Stefan Dąb-Biernacki

Stefan Dąb-Biernacki (7 January 1890 in Gnojno – 9 February 1959 in London) was a Polish general.

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Szymanów, Sochaczew County

Szymanów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Teresin, within Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.

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Tuszyn

Tuszyn is a small town in Łódź East County, Łódź Voivodeship, central Poland, with 7,280 inhabitants (2016).

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Volhynia

Volhynia, also Volynia or Volyn (Wołyń, Volýn) is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe straddling between south-eastern Poland, parts of south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine.

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Wacław Stachiewicz

Wacław Teofil Stachiewicz (19 November 1894 – 12 November 1973) was a Polish writer, geologist, military commander and a general of the Polish Army.

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Wagon fort

A wagon fort is a mobile fortification made of wagons arranged into a rectangle, a circle or other shape and possibly joined with each other, an improvised military camp.

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Warsaw

Warsaw (Warszawa; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Poland.

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Warta

The Warta (Polish pronunciation: Warthe; Varta) is a river in western-central Poland, a tributary of the Oder River (Odra).

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Widawka

Widawka is a river, located in central Poland (Łódź Voivodeship, near Bełchatów), a tributary of the Warta.

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Wiktor Thommée

Wiktor Thommée (1881–1962) was a Polish military commander and a brigadier general of the Polish Army.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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10th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The German 10th Infantry Division was created in October 1934 under the cover name Wehrgauleitung Regensburg (later Kommandant von Regensburg) to hide its violation of the Treaty of Versailles.

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12th Podolian Uhlan Regiment

12th Podolian Uhlan Regiment (Polish language: 12 Pulk Ulanów Podolskich, 12 p. ul) was a cavalry unit of the Polish Army.

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18th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The German 18th Infantry Division was formed on 1 October 1934 as Infanterieführer III in Liegnitz and renamed 18.

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19th Volhynian Uhlan Regiment

19th Volhynian Uhlan Regiment (Polish language: 19. Pulk Ulanów Wolynskich, 19 p.ul.) was a cavalry unit of the Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic.

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21st Vistula Uhlan Regiment

21st Vistula Uhlan Regiment (Polish: 21 Pulk Ulanów Nadwislanskich, 21 p.ul.) was a cavalry unit of the Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic.

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4th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

The 4th Panzer Division (4th Tank Division) was an armored division in the German Army, the Wehrmacht, during World War II, established in 1938.

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68th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 68th Infantry Division (68.) was a formation of the German army during World War II.

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7th Infantry Division (Poland)

The 7th Infantry Division (7 DP) was the name of several units of the Polish Army.

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Redirects here:

Polish Volhynian Cavalry Brigade, Volhynia Cavalry Brigade, Volhynian Cavalry Brigade, Wolyn Cavalry Brigade, Wolynska Cavalry Brigade, Wołyń Cavalry Brigade.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wołyńska_Cavalry_Brigade

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