Battle of the Border

Battle of the Border
	Part of the Invasion of Poland
	; Forces as of 31 August and German plan of attack.
Date	1–4 September 1939
Location	Poland, partially Germany
Result	German victory
Belligerents
Germany	Poland

Forces as of 14 September with troop movements up to this date.

The Battle of the Border (Polish: Bitwa graniczna) refers to the battles that occurred in the first days^[1] of the German invasion of Poland in September, 1939. The series of battles ended in a German victory, as Polish forces were either destroyed or forced to retreat.

^ The Battle of the Border began on 1 September, but sources vary with their assignment of an end date for this phase of the campaign. The shortest period is delimited by the date of 3 September (Encyklopedia Internautica), usually related to the Battle of Mława, while the longer one gives the date of the 6th (Encyklopedia PWN Archived 2006-10-01 at the Wayback Machine) (the order of Edward Rydz-Śmigły to fall back) or sometimes the 7th of September (the symbolic capitulation of Westerplatte).

[dates-1] The Battle of the Border began on 1 September, but sources vary with their assignment of an end date for this phase of the campaign. The shortest period is delimited by the date of 3 September (Encyklopedia Internautica), usually related to the Battle of Mława, while the longer one gives the date of the 6th (Encyklopedia PWN Archived 2006-10-01 at the Wayback Machine) (the order of Edward Rydz-Śmigły to fall back) or sometimes the 7th of September (the symbolic capitulation of Westerplatte).

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