Uniszki Zawadzki

The car park is situated on the ridge of the hills, in the vicinity of the village of Uniszki Zawadzkie.

The main line of Polish defense in September ran along the hills 1939 r. planted in this episode by soldiers from 20 Infantry Division from the army composition "Modlin". There is a monumental soldier's statue near the parking lot – dedicated to the defenders of the so-called. Mława position 1-4 September 1939 r "made according to the design. K. Zieliński in 1985 r. Near the remains of the Polish bunker z 1939 r. On it there are plaques listing the Polish troops taking part in the battle, cemeteries, where Polish soldiers are buried. A mausoleum was created at the back of the bunker, with the VM cross and a list of the names of those killed in the Battle of Mława. The bunker near Uniszek Zawadzkie was one of the 45 concrete bunkers connected by shooting ditches, constituting the so-called. Mława position.

26 of August 1939 at 6.00 in the morning on the Mława border (border post no 004 near the village of Bronisław) a soldier was killed 20 DP kpr. Ignacy Feliks Grabowski, and the border guard Wojciech Wiśniewski, severely wounded in the stomach, died a few hours later. The actual fighting has begun 1 September 1939 r. at. 4 morning, when it was Major Bronisław Schlichtinger, commander 1 battalion 80 pp. from the warehouse 20 DP dug in the foregrounds of Mława, ordered to open fire on the German unit, who crossed the border. He attacked the 1st corps of the 3rd army of gen. von Kiichler composed of three infantry divisions, including the Panzer Division "Kempf". The line of Mława-Rzgnów fortifications composed of 45 The field-type bunkers were defended by reinforcement 20 DP col. double. Wilhelm Liszka-Lawicz from the "Modlin" army. The main forces of the division under the command of Col.. double. F. Dudziński (78 i 80 pp.) occupied the Mława latitude position 15 km, and half of the weaker separated unit of Lt.. double. K. Zaborowski (79 pp.) he occupied the Rzgnowska position – 10 km wide. Between these positions there was a six-kilometer "dead" (not fortified) The Mute Swamp episode – easy to walk due to the drought prevailing at that time. The first day of the war in the defense sector 20 DP was her success. It repelled all enemy attacks, inflicting heavy losses on people and equipment (m.in. destroyed 21 tanks) with low own losses. The Germans sent most of their forces to fight near Mława, revealing its eastern wing at the same time. The Polish Supreme Command did not notice it and did not use the divisions and brigades of SGO "Narew" and GO "Wyszków" concentrated on the Narew and Biebrza., which were not attacked by the Germans at the time. For three days, the Germans did not manage to break through the Polish defensive positions, despite the quantitative advantage, technical and aviation support. All attacks by the Germans were repulsed with their heavy losses. In view of the threat of encirclement after the passage of German troops from the corps "Wodrig" through the Niemyje marsh ok. midnight 4 In September, an order was issued to retreat from their positions. Retreat forced during the day, when troops were attacked by aviation, turned into defeat. Because the order to retreat did not reach the crews of all the bunkers, The Germans captured them one by one, which lasted until noon 4 September 1939 r. Polish losses approx. 700 killed, 2000-2400 injured and over 300 missing (for comparison, at Monte Cassino there were more than one attacker 900 dead, and under Lenin 500). Estimated German losses 1500-2000 killed and approx. 4000 wounded and missing. The importance and nature of the fighting near Mława is also evidenced by the anniversary trips of German soldiers from nearby training centers during World War II.. The Germans began to build in 1944 r. in the vicinity of Mława there is a mausoleum monument dedicated to Wehrmacht soldiers, who died in September 1939 r. breaking the Polish defensive position in Mława. They planned to build three more such pantheons, called "Zwingburgen", on the battlefield on the Bzura river, near Warsaw and Modlin .

UNISZKI ZAWADZ

In the village 2 19th century manors. The older one from the end of the 18th century "rebuilt, wood, carcass construction and partly half-timbered, one-story with a residential attic, covered tall, mansard roof. Around the park.

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