Walka z dnia 5 września 1939 r. o most łączący Miłkowice z Popowem w świetle źródeł polskich i niemieckich
The 5 September 1939 battle for a bridge connecting Miłkowice and Popów in the light of Polish and German sources

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to present and evaluate Polish-German fights in the vicinity of a bridge (not existing today) between Miłkowice and Popów, which took place on 5 September 1939. The first part highlights the general situation in the broadly understood place of the battle during the first days of the war, while the second part describes the course of the battle itself, largely as related by its participants, both Polish and German. The authors only add some information that the direct participants did not have, and supplement the relations by describing the fights in the air and the situation of Polish sub-units on the western bank of the river Warta. The last part provides the authors’ conclusions. The article is a result of research conducted by the authors concerning the September 1939 fights in the present districts of Turek and Poddębice. It refers to a text about defending a ford in Uniejów on 6–7 September 1939, published in “Biuletyn Uniejowski”. The authors made use of some previously unknown documents, which allowed them to formulate conclusions different from those presented earlier in literature.

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