What the records say
- When
- 26 Aug 1939
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 49.51° N, 18.75° E
- Description
- 1939 German special forces operation against Poland prior to World War II
Jabłonków incident
1939 German sabotage attempt in Poland before WWII
Jabłonków incident refers to the events of the night of 25–26 August 1939, along the Polish-Slovak border, when a group of German Abwehr agents attacked a rail station in Mosty. The main purpose of the attack was to capture the Jablunkov Pass, with its strategic railway tunnel, until the arrival of the German armed forces.
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