Battle of Mokra

Battles of the Invasion of PolandKielce Voivodeship (1919–1939)Polish cavalrySeptember 1939 in Europe

The Battle of Mokra took place on 1 September 1939 near the village of Mokra, 5 km north of Kłobuck and 23 km north-west of Częstochowa, Poland. It was one of the first battles of the Invasion of Poland, during the Second World War, and was one of the few Polish victories of that campaign and the first German defeat of the conflict.

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Battle of Mokra
Wojska Polskiego, gmina Miedźno

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Wojska Polskiego
42-120 gmina Miedźno
Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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