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| 1157 | Frederick I Barbarossa |  |
| Frederick I Invades Poland & forces the submission of Duke Boleslav IV |
| 1793 | Frederick William II | |
| 23rd Jan Prussia takes Danzig, Thorn & Great Poland |
| 1914 | Moltke | |
| Launches war on 2 fronts by invading Poland along the "Polish tongue" |
| 1938 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| 27th Sep Berlin Troops pass before Hitler to the indifference of the Berliners, in contrast to 1914 |
| 24th Nov Berlin Issues a directive to the Commanders in Chief of the Armed Forces to occupy Danzig |
| 1939 | Andreas, Moritz | |
| 31st Aug 208th Infantry Division - Commanded by General Moritz Andreas, consists of the 309th, 337th, and 338th Infantry Regiments |
| 1939 | Blaskowitz, Johannes von | |
| 31st Aug The 8th Army is commanded by General of Infantry Johannes Blaskowitz |
| 1939 | Bock, Fedor von | |
| 1st Sep Warsaw Has the task of seizing the Polish Corridor & threatening Warsaw from the north |
| 5th Sep Polish Corridor The Polish Corridor is breached |
| 1939 | Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, Walter Graf von | |
| 31st Aug 23rd Infantry Division - Commanded by General Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, consists of the 9th, 67th, and 68th Infantry Regiments |
| 1939 | Goering, Herman | |
| 1st Sep The Luftwaffe gains air superiority but loses 500 aircraft during a 4 week campaign |
| 1st Sep The Luftwaffe make a preemptive strike against Polish airfields |
| 1939 | Guderian, Heinz | |
| 1st Sep Commands XIX Panzer Corps, perfects his blitzkrieg technique |
| 4th Sep Polish Corridor Cross es the Polish corridor |
| 1939 | Hfl, Hugo | |
| 31st Aug 206th Infantry Division - Commanded by General Hugo Hfl, consists of the 301st, 312th, and 413rd Infantry Regiments |
| 1939 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| 3rd April Berlin Issues "Case White", secret plans to be carried out from 1st September 1939 |
| 22nd Aug Berlin Announces a probable invasion of Poland on 26th August |
| 31st Aug Hochlinden SS men dressed in Polish uniforms stage a border skirmish at Hochlinden |
| 31st Aug Hochlinden The German forces for the invasion of Poland codename Fall Weiss are divided into Army Group North (German 3rd and 4th armies) and Army Group South (German 8th, 10th, and 14th armies), and the Slovakian Army Group Bernolak |
| 31st Aug Gleiwitz The SS broadcasts a provocative message from Gleiwitz radio station |
| 1st Sep Berlin The invasion begins one week after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, and ends October 6, 1939, with Germany and the Soviet Union occupying the entirety of Poland |
| 3rd Sep The Polish airforce is destroyed |
| 6th Sep Tuchola Watches the destruction of a Polish Army Corps from a special train |
| 9th Sep Warsaw The 4th Panzer Div launches the 1st attack on Warsaw |
| 17th Sep Russian troops march into eastern Poland |
| 17th Sep The Soviet Red Army invades the eastern regions of Poland in cooperation with Germany |
| 19th Sep Danzig Hitler triumphantly enters Danzig & offers concilliation with France & Britain |
| 19th Sep Brest Litovsk The Red Army & German troops join up at Brest-Litovsk |
| 21st Sep River Hitler watches his troops cross the River San |
| 1st Oct Germany and the Soviet Union completely overrun Poland, although the Polish government never surrendered |
| 6th Oct Resistance in Poland comes to an end |
| 8th Oct The last organized Polish troops surrender |
| 1939 | Kesselring, Albrecht | |
| Commands Lufftflotte 1 which provides most of the air support |
| 1939 | Kleist, Paul Ludwig Ewald von | |
| Aug In the invasion of Poland, Kleist commandeds the XXII Panzer Corps |
| 1939 | Kluge, Guenther Hans von | |
| 31st Aug The 4th Army is commanded by General of Artillery Gnther von Kluge |
| 1939 | Lee, Emil | |
| 31st Aug XI Corps - Commanded by General Emil Lee |
| 1939 | List, Wilhelm | |
| 31st Aug The 14th Army is commanded by Colonel General Wilhelm List |
| 1939 | Manstein, Fritz Erich von | |
| Chief of Staff to the Army Group South under General Gerd von Rundstedt |
| 1939 | Marcks, Erich | |
| Involved in the Polish campaign |
| 1939 | Rabenau, Friedrich von | |
| 31st Aug 73rd Infantry Division - Commanded by General Friedrich von Rabenau, consists of the 170th, 186th, and 213th Infantry Regiments |
| 1939 | Reichenau, Walter von | |
| 31st Aug The 10th Army is commanded by General of Artillery Walter von Reichenau |
| 1939 | Ribbentrop, Joachim von | |
| 27th Sep Sent to agree Stalin's latest demands after the Russian invasion of eastern Poland |
| 1939 | Roenne | |
| Sep Predicts that Britain will not attack in the west while Germany invades Poland |
| 1939 | Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von | |
| Brought out of retirement for the invasion of Poland |
| Helps plan the Invasion of Poland |
| 1st Sep Warsaw Has the task of destroying Polish forces on the border before approaching Warsaw |
| 7th Sep Warsaw The German 10th Army are within 40 miles of Warsaw |
| 16th Sep River Bzura The Bzura "pocket" is contained by the German Army Group South |
| 1939 | Schaal, Ferdinand | |
| 31st Aug 10th Panzer Division - Commanded by General Ferdinand Schaal, consists of the 4th Panzer Brigade and 10th Motorized Rifle Brigade |
| 1939 | Ulex, Wilhelm | |
| 31st Aug X Corps - Commanded by General Wilhelm Ulex |
| 1939 | Weichs, Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von | |
| 31st Aug XIII Corps - Commanded by General Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs |
| 1940 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| 26th Aug 2 panzer & 10 infantry divisions move into Poland to secure Romanian oil fields |
| 1945 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| 29th Jan Russian troops cross the Polish border |
