Battle of Różan
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| Battle of Różan | |||||||
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| Part of Invasion of Poland | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
 Nazi Germany |
 Poland |
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| Commanders | |||||||
| Rudolf Schmidt |
Czesław Rzedzicki |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 30,000 men | 3,300 men 15 guns |
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| Casualties | |||||||
| 12-18 tanks (only in September 5) |
~20 KIA, 50 WIA (only in September 5) |
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| Invasion of Poland |
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| 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 |
The Battle of Różan, otherwise known as defence of Różan bridgehead, took place between September 4 and September 6, 1939, in the fields before the town of Różan on the Narew River. A small Polish garrison of three World War I forts (consisting of two infantry battalions) successfully defended the bridgehead against the entire German panzer division for the entire day and night. However, as a result of a misunderstanding of the commander in chief's orders, the Polish forces were then withdrawn to the other side of the river, and then further eastwards on September 6.
[edit] Reference
- (Polish) Robert Olbryś (2003) Różan w wojnie obronnej 1939 r.. Pułtusk: WSH
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