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Battle of Gdynia
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| 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 | |||||||
| 29,000 | 17,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
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 8 September and they captured Gdynia six days later on 14 September.
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