 the battle of tuchola forest (, ) refers to one of the first battles of the second world war during the invasion of poland, 1939. the battle started on 1 september and ended on 5 september with a major german victory. due to lack of coordination and poor command of forces on the polish side and german numerical and tactical superiority, the germans managed to cripple the polish army of pomerania and connect mainland germany with east prussia, breaking through the polish corridor.christer jÃ¶rgensen, chris mann, strategy and tactics: tank warfare, zenith imprint, 2001, isbn 0-7603-1016-5, p.35 google print == before the battle == tuchola forest (, ) in westprussia,1896 map of west-east prussia with tucheler heide south of danziger bucht bay since 1920 treaty of versailles in the polish corridor, is a large forest territory. because of its difficult terrain it was viewed by the poles as good defensive terrain. the german troops, on the other hand, had their truppenÃ¼bungsplatz gruppe exercise area there until 1919, and were familiar with it, like heinz guderian, who had been born in nearby kulm.heinz guderian: erinnerungen eines soldaten, "ich hatte am 3.9 ... meinen sohn kurt wiedergesehen und mich dabei an den tÃ¼rmen von kulm, meiner geburtsstadt, erfreut, die vom ostufer der weichsel herÃ¼berwinkten. am 4.9 ... bei ihren waldgefechten und endete auf dem alten deutschen truppenÃ¼bungsplatz gruppe westlich graudenz.", 1951,[http://books.google.com/books?id=vn4zaaaaiaaj&dq=%22truppen%c3%bcbungsplatz+gruppe%22&q=%22truppen%c3%bcbungsplatz+gruppe%22&pgi
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