Reply To: Poland 1939 – Preparing for 80th Anniversary of World War II

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@yavasa – the article is by Maciej Jonasz, and covers a lot more than that little blurb I just dropped in there earlier.  😀  In summary, we’re looking at the merging of remnants of Krakow and Lublin armies, which were trying to head southeast toward Romania where shipments of Allied arms were expected.  German XXII Corps had already partially reached Tomaszow, more or less behind these units. even as they were being pressed by four German infantry divisions from the front (8th and 28th of VIII Corps and 27th and 68th of VII Corps), putting this group of Polish forces in a semi-pocket.  Engagements covered range from 16 to 20 September.

We’re definitely looking at the same two battles.

I say German XXII Corps had partially reached Tomaszow because the 4th Light Division was there, and as you say pretty badly hammered by the Warsaw Brigade, the “Sandomierz Group” and the “Krakowska Cavalry Group.”  I’m not 100% sure yet what was in these groups because I’m still sifting through research and I’m getting the feeling these are collections of remnants (campaign was well into its third week by this point).  But yes, whatever progress was made by the Poles at Tomaszow against 4th Light (33rd Panzer Abtg, 9th Aufskg Bn, 10 & 11th Schutzen, 86th Pioniere, 50th PzAbwehr Abtg, etc) would be largely negated by the 2nd Panzer when it arrived a few days later (a full Panzer division, unlike 4th Light).

The quality of these maps is admittedly terrible, I’m working with PowerPoint and the office scanner here.  When I get home I’ll try to work up better materials.