Battle of Grodno (1939)
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The Battle of Grodno took place between 20 September and 22 September 1939, during the Soviet invasion of Poland.[2]: 82 It was fought between improvised Polish units under Gen. Wacław Przeździecki and Soviet Red Army troops of Komkor Ivan Boldin's Dzerzhinsky Cavalry Mechanized Group, at the time in a non-aggression agreement with Nazi Germany under the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact.
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Battle of Grodno | |||||||
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Part of the Soviet Invasion of Poland in the European theatre of World War II | |||||||
Overhead view of Grodno, 1935 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Soviet Union | Poland | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ivan Boldin Mikhail Petrov[1] |
Wacław Przeździecki Józef Olszyna-Wilczyński Edmund Heldut-Tarnasiewicz | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
15th Tank Corps | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown number of tanks and infantry |
2,000-2,500 (September 20) 3,500-4,000 (September 21) 2 AA guns | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Soviet counts: 800 KIA, MIA and wounded |
Soviet counts: 644 KIA 1,543 captured |
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