Operational Group Bielsko (''Grupa Operacyjna Bielsko'', ''GO Bielsko''), named after southern Polish city of Bielsko-Biała, was an Operational Group of the Polish Army which fought in the 1939 Invasion of Poland. Officially created on 23 March 1939, it belonged to

Kraków Army Kraków Army ( pl, Armia Kraków) was one of the Polish armies which took part in the Polish Defensive War of 1939. It was officially created on March 23, 1939 as the main pivot of Polish defence. It was commanded by Gen. Antoni Szylling. Original ...

, concentrated in southwestern corner of the

Second Polish Republic The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of ...

. In the night of 2/3 September 1939, it was renamed into Operational Group Boruta, after General

Mieczysław Boruta-Spiechowicz Mieczysław Ludwik Boruta-Spiechowicz (20 February 1894, in Rzeszów – 13 October 1985, in Zakopane) was a Polish military officer, a general of the Polish Army and a notable member of the post-war anti-communist opposition in Poland. He jo ...

Order of Battle in September 1939

* Commandant: General Boruta-Spiechowicz, * Artillery Commandant: Colonel Ludwik Buczek, * Staff officer: Major Stanisław Panek, * Chief of Staff: Colonel Władysław Krawczyk

Sixth Infantry Division

* Commandant: General

Bernard Mond Bernard Stanisław Mond (Spanier) (November 14, 1887 in Stanisławów – July 5, 1957 in Kraków) was a Polish general of the Jewish background in the interwar period. He fought in the First World War, Polish–Ukrainian War, Polish–Soviet Wa ...

, * Infantry Commandant: Colonel Ignacy Misiąg,

21st Mountain Infantry Division

* Commandant: General Józef Kustroń,

45th Reserve Infantry Division

* Commandant: General Henryk Krok-Paszkowski.

Other Units

* First Mountain Brigade, * reserve units: 3rd Battalion of the 12th Infantry Regiment, 51st Independent Light Tank Company, garrison of Oświęcim, 4 fighter aircraft of Colonel W. Krol.

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