Franciszek Kleeberg (1888-1941) was a Polish general. He comanded Samodzielną Grupą Operacyjną "Polesie". He never lost a battle in the Polish September Campaign, although he was eventually forced to surrender after his forces ran out of ammunition. Jump to: navigation, search 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Polish September Campaign — also known as Polish-German War of 1939, in Poland often as Wojna obronna 1939 roku (Defensive War of 1939), in Germany as Polish Campaign (Polenfeldzug), codenamed Fall Weiss (Case White) in the German General Staff — was the invasion of Poland by...
Initially the losses among German infantry were high, but after heavy artillery fire commander of the Gielczyn area First Lieutenant Kiewlicz was ordered to burn the wooden bridge over Narew and withdraw to Bialystok.
The remnants of his forces broke through German encirclement and reached Bialystok, where they joined the forces of general FranciszekKleeberg.
At the same time an assault on the southern part of Polish fortifications came to a stalemate.
The commander of army area IX Brześć, General FranciszekKleeberg, was appointed to organize the defence of the line from Pińsk to Brześć.
, General FranciszekKleeberg received orders from Marshal Edward Rydz-Śmigły to organize a division of infantry from the depot division (a depot was where reserve soldiers and recruits were trained).
Kleeberg was also ordered to organize a defence line between Brześć to Pińsk.
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