Battle of Wola Cyrusowa
Part of Invasion of Poland
Polish infantry
Date September 8, 1939 Location Wola Cyrusowa, near Stryków, Poland Result Delaying Action
Combatants
Nazi Germany	Poland
Commanders
Johannes Blaskowitz Friedrich Olbricht Conrad von Cochenhausen	Wiktor Thommée
Strength
10th Infantry Division 24th Infantry Division	2nd Legions Infantry Division 28th Infantry Division 30th Infantry Division Wołyńska Cavalry Brigade 21st Uhlan Regiment
Casualties
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Wola Cyrusowa took place on September 8, 1939 near the village of Wola Cyrusowa near Stryków in Poland. It was fought between the forces of the Polish Piotrków Operational Group under Gen. Wiktor Thommée and the German 10th Infantry Division. In the effect of a successive delaying action, the Polish forces managed to regroup and withdraw eastwards while at the same time inflicting heavy losses on the opposing unit. However, their victory was only a temporary setback for the Nazi invasion of Poland. 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... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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Eve of the Battle

Due to the strategic errors made by Gen. Juliusz Rómmel, the commander of the Łódź Army, the Polish units that were to form a defensive wedge against the German assault towards Warsaw were dislocated too close to the German border. Because of that, the Piotrków Operational Group, along with the rest of that army's units, entered contact with enemy forces already on September 1 and lost the chance to successfully support the Kraków Army and Poznań Army, defending the areas on both flanks. Also, the German supperiority in mobile units meant that the Polish forces had it difficult to break off the enemy and regain strategic initiative. Juliusz Rómmel (1881-1967) was a Polish military commander and a General of the Polish Army. ... Monument to Łódź Army in Park Helenów in Łódź Łódź Army (Polish: ) was one of the Polish armies that took part in the Polish Defensive War of 1939. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... Kraków Army (Polish: ) was one of the Polish armies to take part in the Polish Defensive War of 1939. ...

The chaos in Polish ranks was enlarged by the fast pace of German advance and the fact that general Rómmel abandoned his army and left for Warsaw. The command was taken over by the commanding officer of the Piotrków Operational Group, general Wiktor Thommée. Wiktor Thommée (1881-1962) was a Polish military commander and a Brigadier General of the Polish Army. ...

Opposing forces

To enable regroupment of the dispersed forces of the Łódź Army, Gen. Thommée ordered all the units to move to the forests in the area of the towns of Stryków and Głowno. The Polish forces included Wołyńska Cavalry Brigade (along with the remnants of the badly-damaged 21st Uhlan Regiment), the 2nd Legions Infantry Division, as well as 28th and 30th Infantry Divisions. Stryków is a town in central Poland, in Łódź Voivodeship, in Zgierz County. ... GÅ‚owno is a town in Poland, in Łódź Voivodship, in Zgierz County, about 25 km northeast of Łódź. According to data from June 26, 2006, the city has 15,219 inhabitants. ... The WoÅ‚yÅ„ska Brygada Kawalerii was a Polish cavalry brigade which saw action against the invading Germans during the Polish September Campaign of World War II. Raised from recruits in the area of WoÅ‚yÅ„, the division was posted to the Łódź Army. ... Polish 2nd Legions Infantry Division () was a tactical unit of the Polish Army between the World Wars. ... The 28 Dywizja Piechoty was a Polish infantry division which saw action against the invading Germans during the Polish September Campaign of World War II. The division suffered heavy casualties in battles near Lodz and the remnants retreated to Warsaw, where they surrendered. ...

The opposing force was composed of two infantry divisions of the German 8th Army under Johannes Blaskowitz. These were the 10th Infantry Division under Conrad von Cochenhausen and 24th Infantry Division under Friedrich Olbricht, as well as several smaller detachments of both 10th and 12th Corps. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Wehrgauleitung Regensburg Kommandant von Regensburg 10th Infantry Division 10th Motorized Infantry Division 10th Panzergrenadier Division The German 10th Infantry Division was created in October 1934 under the cover name Wehrgauleitung Regensburg (later Kommandant von Regensburg) to hide its violation of the Treaty of Versailles. ... General Friedrich Olbricht Friedrich Olbricht (born 4 October 1888 in Leisnig, Saxony; died 21 July 1944 in Berlin) was a German general and one of the plotters involved in the attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolfs Lair in East Prussia on 20 July 1944. ...

Battle

The first Polish units to reach the area, that is the Wołyńska Cavalry Bde and the 30th Infantry Division were ordered to secure the area in order to allow for the remaining units to join up with the core of the army. However, due to chaotic command during the first days of the war, all divisions were dispersed and most regiments acted separately. In the course of the withdrawal it turned out that the 36th Infantry Regiment of the 28th Division was separated from the main forces and had to break through German lines in order to catch up. The same issue applied to the 30th Infantry Regiment of the 10th Infantry Division, which formed a defensive line in the village of Boginia and did not receive the orders for withdrawal.