60th Infantry Division (Poland)

Polish 60th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Polish Army, which fought in the September 1939 Invasion of Poland. This unit, which was first named Division Kobryn, was not part of peacetime organization of the army, and was created in mid-September 1939, out of reserve units of Military District IX. It was formed in the town of Kobryn, and guns and ammunition for the division were delivered by Warsaw city buses, from Central Ammunition Depot Nr 2 in Stawy near Deblin. The division was commanded by Colonel Adam Epler.

In mid-September 1939, Division Kobryn was incorporated into Independent Operational Group Polesie, commanded by General Franciszek Kleeberg. It entered action on September 14, when it clashed with advancing Wehrmacht along the road from Brzesc nad Bugiem to Kobryn. On September 18, it fought the Germans in Kobryn, and retreated southwest, to join the Polesie Group.

On September 28 near Wlodawa, following an order of General Kleeberg, Division Kobryn was officially renamed into 60th Infantry Division. It took part in all battles and skirmishes of Independent Operational Group Polesie: on September 28–30, it defeated the Red Army near Jablon and Milanow, on October 1–2 it fought the Wehrmacht near Serokomla. On October 3, 1939, the division entered forests north of Wola Gulowska, and two days later, reinforced by Cavalry Brigade Edward (Colonel Edward Milewski), it attacked German positions in Wola Gulowska and Helenow. On October 6, the division capitulated together with all units of the Polesie Group.

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