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Battle of Wizna

Battle of Wizna was a battle fought in 1939 at Łomża, in what is now Poland. It was part of the 1939 Invasion of Poland. The recorded result: German victory. Recorded strength: 41,000 infantry; 350 tanks; 657 artillery pieces against 900 infantry; 6 76 mm guns; 42 MGs; 2 anti-tank rifles.

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Battle of Wizna
Battle of Wizna. Lonio17, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1939
WhereŁomża, Poland53.212N, 22.490E
OutcomeGerman victory
BelligerentsNazi GermanyagainstSecond Polish Republic
Casualties and lossesSeveral dozen dead; 10 tanks and several other AFVsand~660 casualties; 40 captured
Part of1939 Invasion of Poland1939

Where it sits in the 1939 Invasion of Poland

Battle of Wizna, 1939Battle of Łódź, 1939Battle of Cześniki, 1939Battle of Mikołów, 1939Battle of Pszczyna, 1939Battles of Parczew, Jabłoń and Milanów, 1939Battle of Westerplatte, 1939Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig, 1939Battle of Mława, 1939Charge at Krojanty, 1939Defense of the Coast of Poland in the September Campaign, 1939Battle of Mokra, 1939Battle of the Border, 1939Battle of Chojnice, 1939Battle of Lasy Królewskie, 1939Battle of Węgierska Górka, 1939Battle of Grudziądz, 1939Battle of Jordanów, 1939Battle of Częstochowa, 1939Battle of Borowa Góra, 1939Defense of Katowice, 1939Battle of Piotrków Trybunalski, 1939Battle of Różan, 1939Battle of Tuchola Forest, 1939Battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, 1939Battle of Pułtusk, 1939Battle of Krasną, 1939Battle of Łomża, 1939Siege of Warsaw, 1939Battle of Radom, 1939Siege of Gdynia, 1939Defense of Ochota and Wola (1939), 1939Battle of Wola Cyrusowa, 1939Battle of Odrzywoł, 1939Battle of the Bzura, 1939Battle of Hel, 1939Battle of Kampinos Forest, 1939Battle of Kępa Oksywska, 1939Battle of Mrogą, 1939Trip to Wawrzyszew, 1939Battle of Przemyśl, 1939Battle of Kałuszyn, 1939Raid on Okęcie and Załuski, 1939Battle of Modlin, 1939Battle of Kobryń, 1939Battle of Jaworow, 1939Battle of Biłgorajem, 1939Battle of Wilno, 1939Battle of Wólka Węglowa, 1939Battle of Grodno, 1939Battle of Kamionka Strumiłowa, 1939Battle of Krasnobród, 1939Battle of Husynne, 1939Battle of Rawa Ruska, 1939Battle of Władypol, 1939Battle of Szack, 1939Battle of Wytyczno, 1939Battle of Kock, 193919391939Battle of Wizna, 1939
59 placed engagements of the 1939 Invasion of Poland in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1939 (year precision)
to 10 September 1939
PlaceŁomża, Poland
53.212N, 22.490E
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
Strength41,000 infantry; 350 tanks; 657 artillery pieces900 infantry; 6 76 mm guns; 42 MGs; 2 anti-tank rifles
Casualties and lossesSeveral dozen dead; 10 tanks and several other AFVs~660 casualties; 40 captured
Commanders
  • Władysław Raginis
  • Stanisław Brykalski
Battle of WiznaBattle of WiznaBattle of ŁomżaBattle of BiałaszewemBattle of KolnoBattle of BiałymstokiemBattle of ProstkenBattle of ŁomżaBattle of BiałaszewemBattle of KolnoBattle of BiałymstokiemBattle of ProstkenWarsawBrestEłkOlsztyn100 km53.212N, 22.490E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Wizna
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 5 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Wizna today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-06-14. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 125 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 100 to 151 m, 51 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 51% grassland, 28% tree cover, 17% cropland.

grassland: 51%tree cover: 28%cropland: 17%wetland: 4%grassland 51%tree cover 28%cropland 17%wetland 4%
west to east, 10.0 km100 to 127 mnorth to south, 10.0 km101 to 125 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

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Elsewhere in 1939

Battle of Wizna is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 469 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q694500, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Wizna, revision 1382949272, 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.