Battles of Rzeszow XXV

Battles of Rzeszow XXV
	Date : August 14th, 1919 - January 6th, 1920
	Location : Rzeszow
	Status : Finished
Result :
Date Location Result Status Territorial changes
Belligerents
Poland Slovakia Supported by: Supported by: Austria-Czech Union Empire of France
Strength
Active: 200.000 Active: 220.000+ Reserves: N/A Reserves: N/A
Casualties and losses
= 188,000 = 193,000 = 8,000

Overview

First Battle of Rzeszow

Poland launched an attack from the Military base just east of the city, pushing in through the square of the city.

After months of relentless fighting and artillery bombardments, they eventually took the city in early November.

Second Battle of Rzeszow

After capturing the city, a small army group was stationed to keep the city from falling again, however, during nightfall while the troops were mostly sleeping, the enemy began an artillery bombardment, with 40 artillery guns.

The enemy eventually retook the city just in 1 month.

Third Battle of Rzeszow

For the third battle of the city, the polish command department appointed "Nicolaj Kirk", an ethnically danish general in the polish army, to lead the charge.

General Kirk had a different approach, choosing slow and gradual progress is better than rushed and unsafe.

With this tactic in mind, he lead the army group on a steady route through the city to recapture it, but not before taking out the artillery guns just south in the Factorial plant.

He managed to retake the city with minimal casualties on the Polish side, whilst wiping out the entire Slovak forces stationed inside the city.