Розділ 7. TWIERDZA, KTÓRA NIE SKAPITULOWAŁA. BRZEŚĆ NAD BUGIEM W KAMPANII POLSKIEJ 1939 ROKU
Brześć nad Bugiem, as the city was officially named
during the Second Polish Republic, although it was not one of the largest cities in Poland at that
time, it occupied an important
place in the country's civil and military structures, and also occupied an important place in the state security system. For
this reason, after the German aggression on September 1, 1939, the city
became an object of air raids, as well as a point that the enemy wanted to capture as quickly as possible.
The Soviet aggression on September 17, 1939 meant that Brest and its
fortress became one of the important directions of attack of the Red Army.
The
main purpose of this study is to present the military operations carried out
during the Polish campaign, the goal of which was the Brest Fortress. The
soldiers of the Polish Army located there
put up fierce resistance to the Wehrmacht and eventually, without
capitulating, withdrew from the Fortress when its defense became pointless. In
parallel to this goal, the situation in the city in the period between the
outbreak of the war and the approach of German and later Soviet troops to the
city will be shown.