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World War II - Battle of the Bzura

Time: Saturday Sep 9, 1939

Place: Kutno, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

Details: The Polish counter offensive to the west halted the German advance for several days, but it was outflanked and encircled by the Wehrmacht. The Battle of the Bzura fought between 9 and 19 September 1939, It began as a Polish counter-offensive, but ended with German victory, German forces took all of western Poland.

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