Battle of the Bzura

September 9–19, 1939 · Kutno

Result German victory

Polish armies attacked the flank of the German forces advancing on Warsaw along the Bzura river. It was the largest battle of the invasion of Poland, and the Germans surrounded and defeated the Polish forces.

On the map Contemporaries

Allies

Axis

Other

Poland

Germany

Gerd von Rundstedt military commander

Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb military commander

Günther von Kluge military commander

Johannes Blaskowitz military commander

Walter von Reichenau military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 225,000
Killed: 18,000–20,000
Wounded: 32,000
Captured: 170,000

Strength: 425,000
Killed: 8,000
Captured: 4,000
Tanks lost: 50
Guns lost: 20
Vehicles lost: 100

Units

Army Pomorze Army Poznań 16th Mechanised Division (Poland)

24th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

4th Infantry Division (Poland)