Schlacht bei Kock

Polish solidiers during Battle of Kock (1939)

Battle of Kock

Battle of Kock (05-10-1939)

Cmentarz w Turzystwie.
![On 5 October 1939 near Kock. Pol.[ish] General Kleeberg surrenders to the Division Commander, Lieutenant General Otto. In these last battles on Polish soil, the German troops captured: 2 Division Commanders, 1255 officers, 15600 sergeants, a.[nd] enlisted personnel, 5000 horses, 20 cannons, 205 machine guns, 10200 hand guns a.[nd] several war chests.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Die_Kapitulation_des_polnischen_Generals_Franciszek_Kleeberg_%28cropped%29.jpg)
On 5 October 1939 near Kock. Pol.[ish] General Kleeberg surrenders to the Division Commander, Lieutenant General Otto. In these last battles on Polish soil, the German troops captured: 2 Division Commanders, 1255 officers, 15600 sergeants, a.[nd] enlisted personnel, 5000 horses, 20 cannons, 205 machine guns, 10200 hand guns a.[nd] several war chests.

Cmentarz wojenny w Kocku.

Cmentarz wojenny w Kocku.

Kock, kamień pamiątkowy pod pomnikiem gen. Franciszka Kleeberga
Muzeum Twierdzy Modlin

The last order of General Franciszek Kleeberg to his soldiers. 6th of October 1939

The Nazi-soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939 Death and destruction by the roadside at Kock, where the last battle of the Polish campaign between Polish Independent Operational Group 'Polesie' commanded by General Franciszek Kleeberg and German XIV Motorised Corps led by General Gustav von Wietersheim, took place. Between 29 and 30 September this particular Polish unit was also engaged in victorious battles against Red Army at villages of Milanów and Jabłoń.
Historische Übersicht
Letztes organisiertes Gefecht regulärer polnischer Truppen.
Fakten auf einen Blick
Deutsches Reich (Heer)
- Befehlshaber: Gustav v. Wietersheim
- Truppenstärke: ca. 30.000
- Verluste: ca. 400
Polen
- Befehlshaber: Franciszek Kleeberg
- Truppenstärke: ca. 18.000
- Verluste: ca. 300
Strategischer Kontext
Letzter Widerstand vor der vollständigen Kapitulation.
Weiterführende Literatur
Historische Orte
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