Mutilation Station ETO (id:#60033)

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Grodno, Poland 1939-09-20 (7 others)

Overview:

Russian armies poured across the Polish border, ensuring the destruction of Poland. The Polish High Command had ordered that the Russians not be engaged except in self-defense, but the order was ignored. Brigadier General W. Orlik-Ruckemann told the Polish Border Defense Corp (KOP) to fight back. Fierce clashes occurred at Grodno and Wilno. Minor communication hubs became the focus of these battles as Polish troops used the rail lines to move southwest. Anti-aircraft guns covered the train station outside Grodno when the Soviets closed in from all sides. The Poles defending the train station fought valiantly to hold on as nearby troops continued to filter in. One AA gun chopped up the swarming Russians, who lurched through the bloody grain. Wave after wave of Russians threw themselves at the accurate rifle and machine gun fire spitting from the train station, suffering horrible casualties. They finally got their revenge by burning alive the station’s defenders with repeated bursts of flamethrower fire, and reducing the outlying buildings to rubble with demo charges. The rest of the Russian invasion of Poland was a walk through.

Defender: Polish (Elements of the KOP “Grodno Group” and AA Battalion)  

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