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Invaded Poland

Invasion at the beginning of World War IIBelligerents GermanySlovakiaSoviet Union PolandCommanders and leadersOKH:Walther von BrauchitschFranz HalderArmy Group North:Fedor von BockGeorg von KüchlerGünther von KlugeArmy Group South:Gerd von RundstedtJohannes BlaskowitzWalter von ReichenauWilhelm ListFerdinand ČatlošLuftwaffe:Albert KesselringAlexander LöhrRed ArmyKliment VoroshilovMikhail KovalevSemyon TimoshenkoPolish Armed Forces:Edward Rydz-ŚmigłyTadeusz KasprzyckiWacław StachiewiczKazimierz FabrycyAntoni SzyllingTadeusz PiskorJuliusz RómmelEmil PrzedrzymirskiWładysław BortnowskiTadeusz KutrzebaStefan Dąb-BiernackiCzesław Młot- FijałkowskiFranciszek KleebergUnits involvedInvading armies:Army Group North3rd Army4th ArmyLuftflotte 1Army Group South8th Army10th Army14th ArmyLuftflotte 4Field Army BernolákBelorussian Front3rd Army11th ArmyDzerzhinsk CMG10th Army4th ArmyUkrainian Front5th Army6th Army12th ArmyFront Cavalry GroupPolish armies:Carpathian ArmyKraków ArmyLublin ArmyŁódź ArmyModlin ArmyPomeranian ArmyPoznań ArmyPrussian ArmyWarsaw ArmySGO NarewSGO PolesieStrengthTotal: 2,000,000+Nazi Germany: 66 divisions 6 brigades 9,000 guns 2,750 tanks 2,315 aircraftSlovak Republic: 3 divisionsSoviet Union: 33+ divisions 11+ brigades 4,959 guns 4,736 tanks 3,300 aircraftTotal: 1,000,000 39 divisions 16 brigades 4,300 guns 210 tanks 670 tankettes 800 aircraftCasualties and lossesTotal: 59,000Nazi Germany: 16,343 killed 30,300 wounded 3,500 missing 236 tanks 800 vehicles 246 aircraftSlovak Republic: 37 killed 11 missing 114 wounded 2 aircraftSoviet Union: 1,475 killed 2,383 woundedor 5,327 casualties 43 tanksTotal: ~874,700 66,000 killed 133,700 wounded ~690,000 captured 132 tanks and cars 327 aircraftThe invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II.

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