Battle of Różan

Battle of Różan Part of Invasion of Poland Date September 4–6, 1939 Location Near Różan, Poland Result German victory Belligerents  Germany  Poland Commanders and leaders Rudolf Schmidt Czesław Rzedzicki Strength 30,000 men 3,300 men 15 guns Casualties and losses 12–18 tanks (only on September 5) ~20 KIA, 50 WIA (only on September 5)

Invasion of Poland Battle of the Border Chojnice Krojanty Lasy Królewskie Mokra Pszczyna Grudziądz Mława Jordanów Fraustadt Węgierska Górka Tuchola Forest Częstochowa Mikołów Bukowiec Slovak invasion Baltic coast Westerplatte Danzig Danzig Bay Worek Plan Gdynia Hel Kępa Oksywska 4–10 September Tomaszów Mazowiecki Wizna Łódź Borowa Góra Piotrków Różan Pułtusk Radom Łomża Barak Wola Cyrusowa Northern Front Siege of Warsaw Bzura Kałuszyn Węgrów Wilno Modlin Kobryń Brześć 2nd Tomaszów Lubelski Wólka Węglowa Kampinos Forest Krasnystaw Łomianki Krasnobród Kock Southern Front Przemyśl Jarosław 1st Tomaszów Lubelski Jaworów Janów Forest Cześniki Lwów Soviet invasion of Poland Sarny Wilno Husynne Grodno Władypol Szack Wytyczno Parczew, Jabłoń and Milanów

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 However, as a result of a misunderstanding of the commander in chief's orders, the Polish forces were then withdrawn to the other side of the river, and then further eastwards on September 6.

References

1. (Polish) Robert Olbryś (2003) Różan w wojnie obronnej 1939 r.. Pułtusk: WSH

Coordinates: 52°53′22″N 21°23′57″E / 52.889349°N 21.399075°E / 52.889349; 21.399075