siege, notable, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Modlin
Battle of Modlin was a siege conducted on 13 September 1939 at Modlin, in what is now Poland. It was part of the 1939 Invasion of Poland. The recorded result: German victory.
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Record
| Date | 13 September 1939 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Modlin, Poland 52.433N, 20.683E | |
| Part of | 1939 Invasion of Poland (1939) | |
| Kind | Siege, interwar and Second World War | |
| Result | German victory | |
| Belligerents | Nazi Germany | Second Polish Republic |
| Commanders | Hermann Hoth; Adolf Strauss; Werner Kempf | Wiktor Thommée |
| Strength | 4 infantry divisions; 2nd Light Division; Panzer Division Kempf; 100 aircraft | 40,000 men (peak); 96 guns; 7 TK-3 tankettes; Armoured train "Śmierć" |
| Casualties and losses | 900 killed; 670 wounded | 1,300 killed; 4,000 wounded; 35,000 captured |
Nearest engagements
- Siege of Novogeorgievsk 1915, 0.6 km
- Battle of Czarnowo 1806, 4.4 km
- Battle of Buda Zaborowska 1863, 16 km
- Battle of Warsaw 1920, 17 km
- Battle of Łomianki 1939, 18 km
In the same war
- Before: Raid on Okęcie and Załuski 12 September 1939
- After: Battle of Kobryń 14 September 1939
- All 57 engagements of 1939 Invasion of Poland
Elsewhere in 1939
- Battles of Khalkhin Gol Mongolia
- Battle of the River Plate
- Battle of Suomussalmi Finland
- Battle of Changsha People's Republic of China
- Battle of Tolvajärvi Finland
Battle of Modlin is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 350 in present-day Poland.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q668634, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Modlin, revision 1370450034, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.