Battle of Borowa Góra

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Date	September 2 - September 5, 1939
Location	Near Bełchatów, Poland
Result	German victory

Combatants

Nazi Germany

Poland

Commanders

Unknown

Ludwik Czyżewski

Strength

XVI Panzer Corps

2nd Legions' Infantry Regiment

Casualties

Unknown, but heavy

663 men

Invasion of Poland
Westerplatte – Danzig – The Border - Krojanty – Lasy Królewskie – Mokra – Gdańsk Bay – Pszczyna – Mława – Tuchola Forest – Jordanów – Borowa Góra – Mikołów – Węgierska Górka – Tomaszów Mazowiecki – Wizna – Łódź – Przemyśl – Piotrków – Różan – Radom – Łomża – Wola Cyrusowa – Warsaw – Gdynia – Hel – Bzura – Jarosław – Kałuszyn – Węgrów – Wilno – Lwów – Modlin – Kobryń – Brześć – Kępa Oksywska – Tomaszów Lubelski – Wólka Węglowa – Kampinos Forest – Janów, Wereszyca, and Hołosko – Krasnystaw – Grodno – Cześniki – Krasnobród – Władypol – Szack – Wytyczno – Parczew – Kock

Battle of Borowa Góra (Polish: Bitwa o Góry Borowskie) refers to the series of battles from 2nd to 5th of September of 1939 that took place near the hills of Góry Borowskie, south west from Piotrków Trybunalski and east of Bełchatów.

Monument erected to commemorate the battle

Góry Borowskie in 2006

The battle, fought between the Wehrmacht and the Polish Army in the vicinity of Łódź, was a direct consequence of the battle for the borders, an early part of the Invasion of Poland^[1]

The hills formed an important strategic point that the German 16th Panzer Corps needed to break through in order to advance toward Radomsko, Piotrków Trybunalski and Bełchatów. The area was defended by the Polish 2nd Legions' Infantry Regiment under Col. Ludwik Czyżewski.

During the intense fighting, Polish casualties from the 2nd Legions' Regiment were 413 (including 16 officers and 47 NCOs).^[2] German losses were also high.

[edit] See also

Battle of Łódź

[edit] Notes and references

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^ (Polish)Ludwik Czyżewski (1982). Od Gór Borowskich do Zakroczymia. Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, Warsaw. ISBN 83-11-06741-4.
^ (Polish)Stanisław Wyrzycki (2000). 2 Pułk Piechoty Legionów. Ajaks, Warsaw. ISBN 83-85621-05-9.