battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Rawicz

Name: Battle of Rawicz
Location: Rawicz, Poland

Battle of Rawicz was a battle fought in 1919 at Rawicz, in what is now Poland. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Rawicz. It was part of the Greater Poland uprising. The recorded result: Polish victory. Recorded strength: 2,500 against 2,100.

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Fought1919

WhereRawicz, Poland51.609N, 16.858E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomePolish victory

BelligerentsGerman EmpireagainstPolish rebels

Part ofGreater Poland uprising

Record

Date	1919 (year precision) to 1919
Place	Rawicz, Poland 51.609N, 16.858E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	2,500	2,100
Commanders	Władysław Wawrzyniak

Placed at Rawicz; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Punitz 1704, 17 km N
Battle of Fraustadt 1706, 43 km NW
Raid on Fraustadt 1939, 43 km NW
Battle of Leuthen 1757, 51 km S
Siege of Głogów 1109, 53 km W

Elsewhere in 1919

Scuttling of the German Fleet in Scapa Flow United Kingdom
Battle of Cēsis Latvia
Greek landing at Smyrna Turkey
Battle of Paju Estonia
1919 Soviet invasion of Ukraine Ukraine

Battle of Rawicz is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 502 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q9370594, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Rawicz, revision 1370587302, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.