page_title: Battle of Jordanów
section_title: Opening hostilities
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Jordanów / Opening hostilities
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Położenie wielkich jednostek Armii "Kraków" i wielkich jednostek niemieckich 01-09-1939 (o świcie)
context_page_description: The Battle of Jordanów took place on 1–3 September 1939, during the Invasion of Poland and the opening stages of World War II. It was fought between the German XVIII Panzer Corps of Gen.E.Beyer and the Polish 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade under Col. Stanisław Maczek.
context_section_description: On 1 September 1939, the XVIII Panzer Corps, part of the German 14th Army, crossed the Polish border from Slovakia. In an attempt to outflank the positions of the Polish Kraków Army under Gen. Antoni Szylling defending Silesia and western Lesser Poland, the Germans crossed the Tatra passes and assaulted the towns of Chabówka and Nowy Targ. Their orders were to seize the town of Myślenice not later than on 3 September thus encircling the entire Polish army fighting in the area.
caption: Positions of Polish and German forces before the battle. Map by Lonio17
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