Battle of Lasy Królewskie (Polish: ''Bitwa w Lasach Królewskich'', Battle of Royal Forests) refers to the battle on 1 September 1939 near
Janowo and
Krzynowłoga Mała during the
Battle of the Border of the
Invasion of Poland.
The
German Third Army attacked towards
Warsaw from
East Prussia
East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...
, but became entangled by the
Mlawa fortifications.
Panzer Division Kempf and two divisions of the 1st Corps were stopped by the
Polish 20th Infantry Division. The
Wodrig Corps could not flank the Polish position due to the
swampy ground. Along the
Ulatkowka river, Polish
Uhlan cavalry
Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from "cheval" meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry ...
(elements of
11th Cavalry "Legions'" Regiment) stopped attacks by the German 1st Cavalry Brigade. Rather than a mounted fight, most were dismounted. However, the Poles did stall the
German Third Army advance.
[Zaloga, S.J., 2002, Poland 1939, Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd., ]
See also
*
List of World War II military equipment of Poland
*
List of German military equipment of World War II
References
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Lasy Krolewskie
Warsaw Voivodeship (1919–1939)
September 1939 events
History of Masovian Voivodeship