Battle of Gdynia
| Battle of Gdynia | |||||||
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| Part of Invasion of Poland | |||||||
German battleship Schleswig-Holstein, stationed at Danzig harbour, shelling nearby Polish positions at Gdynia. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Germany | Poland | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Fedor von Bock Leonhard Kaupisch |
Józef Unrug Stanisław Dąbek | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 39,000 | 14,700 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| c. 3000 dead | c. 5000 killed, missing or wounded | ||||||
Battle of Gdynia was one of the major battles in northern Poland during the Invasion of Poland of 1939. The Germans' main push towards Gdynia began on 1 September and they captured Gdynia two weeks later on 14 September. After the fall of Gdynia, the warfare continued on the plateau called Kępa Oksywska.