Battle of Bukowiec

Battle of Bukowiec
Part of the Battle of the Border of the Invasion of Poland
Date3 September 1939
Location
Result German victory
Belligerents
 Germany  Poland
Commanders and leaders
Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg Julian Arnoldt-Russocki
Janusz Pasturak
Units involved

3rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

23rd Motorized Infantry Regiment

16th Greater Poland Uhlan Regiment

2nd battery of the 11th horse artillery squadron

The Battle of Bukowiec was fought on September 3, 1939 near the village of Bukowiec in Poland.[1][2] The 16th Greater Poland Uhlan Regiment under the command of Lt. Col. Julian Arnoldt-Russocki, supported by the 2nd battery of the 11th horse artillery squadron under the command of Capt. Janusz Pasturak went up against the Wehrmacht 3rd Panzer Division supported by a unit of the 23rd Motorized Infantry Regiment and seventeen Luftwaffe bombers.[3]

  1. ^ "Polish website on battle". 31 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Polish youtube video on Battle of Bukowiec". YouTube.
  3. ^ WojtekG (2018-09-02). "3 września 1939 roku miała miejsce bitwa pod Bukowcem » Historykon.pl". Historykon.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-03-07.