The Battle by the High Warthe River.
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:08 am
Hello to all ; a little about that great fight at the beginning of the Campaign against Poland in September of 1939..........
The Battle by the High Warthe River.
The opponents.
By the polish side was the Army “Lodz” under General Rommel (before with the Army’s Inspectorate) which had as its missión to cover the Lodz-Piotrkow zone being ready to move to Kalisz over Sieradz or to Kolo in order to support its neighbors, especially Army “Poznan”.
The Army was composed by 5 infantry divisions (all actives) and 2 Cavalry brigades.
It was deployed as follows: the 10 DP (General Dindorf-Aukiewicz) on Sieradz; the 28 DP (General Boncza-Uzdowski) on the junction between the Wartha and the Widawka and the 30 DP (General Cehak) to Szczercow. Both cavalry brigades were to cover the flanks. The 2 DP (Col Doja.Surawka) was protecting Piotrkow (the 22 DP never joined this army).
By the German side it was the 10 AOK under General der Artillerie v. Reichenau (before Commanding Officer of the Gruppenkommando IV at Leipzig), which had as its mission to carry out the main break trough, heading to Kamiensk-Radomsk-Piotrkow with its left wing, having Warsaw as its main target.
It was composed (broadly speaking) of one Armored Corps under General Hoepner (1 Pz, 4 Pz, 14 ID and 31 ID); one Mechanized Corps under General Hoth (2. Le and 3. Le) and one Motorized Corps under General v. Wietersheim (13 ID and 29 ID); besides were two Army Corps (18 ID and 19 ID) and (4 ID and 46 ID) plus the 1. Le Div.
Sources: Bój Wołyńskiej Brygady Kawalerii pod Mokrą1 września 1939 r. Piotr Witkowski.
Lexikon der Wehrmacht - 1_ Panzerdivision SR 1.htm
La Campaña de Polonia. Robert Jars. Círculo Militar. Vol 423.
Tres días en septiembre. http://www.recogito.l.pl/spis_recogito_ao.htm
Artillerie-Regiment 14 - Lexikon der Wehrmacht.htm
LUCHA EN SEPTIEMBRE 1939, en las cercanías de Działoszyn
der Geschichte des 11. (Sächs. ) Infanterie-Regiments.
Cheers. Raúl M .
The Battle by the High Warthe River.
The opponents.
By the polish side was the Army “Lodz” under General Rommel (before with the Army’s Inspectorate) which had as its missión to cover the Lodz-Piotrkow zone being ready to move to Kalisz over Sieradz or to Kolo in order to support its neighbors, especially Army “Poznan”.
The Army was composed by 5 infantry divisions (all actives) and 2 Cavalry brigades.
It was deployed as follows: the 10 DP (General Dindorf-Aukiewicz) on Sieradz; the 28 DP (General Boncza-Uzdowski) on the junction between the Wartha and the Widawka and the 30 DP (General Cehak) to Szczercow. Both cavalry brigades were to cover the flanks. The 2 DP (Col Doja.Surawka) was protecting Piotrkow (the 22 DP never joined this army).
By the German side it was the 10 AOK under General der Artillerie v. Reichenau (before Commanding Officer of the Gruppenkommando IV at Leipzig), which had as its mission to carry out the main break trough, heading to Kamiensk-Radomsk-Piotrkow with its left wing, having Warsaw as its main target.
It was composed (broadly speaking) of one Armored Corps under General Hoepner (1 Pz, 4 Pz, 14 ID and 31 ID); one Mechanized Corps under General Hoth (2. Le and 3. Le) and one Motorized Corps under General v. Wietersheim (13 ID and 29 ID); besides were two Army Corps (18 ID and 19 ID) and (4 ID and 46 ID) plus the 1. Le Div.
Sources: Bój Wołyńskiej Brygady Kawalerii pod Mokrą1 września 1939 r. Piotr Witkowski.
Lexikon der Wehrmacht - 1_ Panzerdivision SR 1.htm
La Campaña de Polonia. Robert Jars. Círculo Militar. Vol 423.
Tres días en septiembre. http://www.recogito.l.pl/spis_recogito_ao.htm
Artillerie-Regiment 14 - Lexikon der Wehrmacht.htm
LUCHA EN SEPTIEMBRE 1939, en las cercanías de Działoszyn
der Geschichte des 11. (Sächs. ) Infanterie-Regiments.
Cheers. Raúl M .