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Capture of Warsaw

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1939Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1939

Adolf Hitler27 September 1939

Warsaw · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Warsaw surrenders to the Germans

Walter von Reichenau1939

Warsaw · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Commands the Army which captures Warsaw

Names involved

Adolf HitlerWalter von Reichenau

Provenance

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