The 28 Dywizja Piechoty was a Polish infantry division which saw action against the invading Germans during the Invasion of Poland of World War II. The division suffered heavy casualties in battles near Łódź and the remnants retreated to Warsaw, where they surrendered. 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... In the history of warfare there were several battles fought in the vicinity of the city of Łódź: Battle of Łódź (1914) during World War I Battle of Łódź (1939) during Polish Defence War of 1939 This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise... Battle of Modlin Conflict Polish Defence War of 1939 Date September 13 to September 29, 1939 Place Modlin village, Modlin Fortress Result Polish capitulation During the Polish September Campaign at the beginning of the Second World War, Modlin Fortress was a headquarters of the Modlin Army until it retreated eastwards. ... Battle of Warsaw Conflict Polish Defence War of 1939 Date 8 to September 28, 1939 Place Warsaw, Poland Result Polish defeat The 1939 Battle of Warsaw was fought between the Poland (Warsaw) and the German Army. ... Combatants Poland Germany Commanders Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski #, Antoni ChruÅ›ciel #, Tadeusz PeÅ‚czyÅ„ski Erich von dem Bach, Rainer Stahel, Heinz Reinefarth, Bronislav Kaminski Strength 50,000 troops (10,000 armed) 25,000 troops Casualties 18,000 killed, 12,000 wounded, 15,000 taken prisoner 250,000 civilians killed... Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, or other means. ... Symbol of the Polish 1st Legions Infantry Division in NATO code A division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to twenty thousand soldiers. ... Combatants Poland Germany, Slovakia, Soviet Union Commanders Edward Rydz-ÅšmigÅ‚y Fedor von Bock (Army Group North), Gerd von Rundstedt (Army Group South), Mikhail Kovalov (Belorussian Front), Semyon Timoshenko (Ukrainian Front), Ferdinand ÄŒatloÅ¡ (Field Army Bernolak) Strength 39 divisions, 16 brigades, 4,300 guns, 880 tanks, 400 aircraft Total: 950... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Łódź ( ) is Polands second largest city (population 776,297 in 2004). ... Motto: Contemnit procellas (It defies the storms) Semper invicta (Always invincible) Coordinates: Country Poland Voivodeship Masovia Powiat city county Gmina Warszawa Districts 18 boroughs City Rights turn of the 13th century Government  - Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (PO) Area  - City 516. ...

Commanders

• gen.bryg. Władysław Bończa-Uzdowski
• gen.bryg. Jóseph Ziminski

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Order of battle

• HQ (Słuzby)
• 15th "Wolfs" Infantry Regiment (15.pułk piechoty Wilków)
• 36th Academic's Legion Infantry Regiment (36.pułk piechoty Legii Akademickiej)
• 72nd Płk. Dioznizy Czachowski's Infantry Regiment (72.pułk piechoty im. Płk. Dionizego Czachowskiego)
• 28th Light Artillery Regiment (28 pułk artylerii lekkiej)
• 28th Heavy Artillery Squadron (28 dywizjon artylerii cięzkiej)
• 28th AA Artillery Battery (28 bateria artylerii p-lot.)
• 28th Engineers Battalion (28 batalion saperów)
• 28th Telephone Company (28 kompania telefoniczna)
• Divisional Cavalry (kawaleria dywizyjna)
• 13th Bicycle Infantry Company (13 kompania kolarzy)
• 117th Mobile HMG Company (117 kompania ckm na taczankach)

See also

• Polish Armed Forces, Polish army order of battle in 1939
• Invasion of Poland, List of Polish divisions in WWII