Battle of Kodziowce

Battle of Kodziowce
Date23 September 1939 to 24 September 1939
Location
Kodziowce and surrounding area
Belligerents
 Soviet Union  Poland
Commanders and leaders
Ivan Boldin
Alexey Kurkin
Maj. Chuvakin		 Wacław Przeździecki
Edmund Heldut-Tarnasiewicz
Major Żukowski
Units involved
2nd Light Tank Brigade Wołkowysk Cavalry Brigade

The Battle of Kodziowce was a battle that took place at Kodziowce (now in modern Belarus) that occurred on 23-24 September 1939 during the Soviet invasion of Poland. It was fought between the Polish Wołkowysk Cavalry Brigade commanded by Wacław Przeździecki and Edmund Heldut-Tarnasiewicz who were retreating from the Battle of Grodno (1939) and the Soviet 2nd Light Armoured Brigade under Col. Alexey Kurkin. The 2nd Light Tank Brigade was mainly composed of BT-7 light fast tanks and a small amount of BA-I armoured cars.

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