Battle of Gdansk (Danzig)
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Battles near or Sieges of Danzig (Gdańsk) took place several times in the history of Danzig. The most notable are:
- Teutonic takeover of Danzig (Gdańsk)Teutonic takeover of Danzig (Gdansk)The city of Danzig was captured by the State of the Teutonic Order on 13 November 1308, resulting in a massacre of its inhabitants and marking the beginning of tensions between Poland and the Teutonic Order. Originally the knights moved into the fortress as an ally of Poland against the...
in 1308. This event involved several parties - Siege of Danzig (1577)Siege of Danzig (1577)The Siege of the city of Danzig in 1577 by king Stephen Báthory of Poland ended militarily inconclusive.The conflict begun as the city of Danzig, along with the Polish episcopate and a portion of the Polish szlachta, did not recognize the election of Bathory to the Polish throne and instead...
by king Stefan BatoryStefan BatoryStephen Báthory was a Hungarian noble Prince of Transylvania , then King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania . He was a member of the Somlyó branch of the noble Hungarian Báthory family...
, following the Danzig rebellionDanzig rebellionThe rebellion of the city of Danzig in 1570s against the election and rule of Polish King and Grand Duke of Lithuania Stephen Báthory began on 12 December 1575 and ended on 16 December 1577...
. Inconclusive, lifted as a compromise was negotiated - Siege of Danzig (1626-1629) - one or more unsuccessful Swedish sieges during that period
- Battle of Oliva 1627: naval battle in the vicinity of OliwaOliwaOliwa, also Oliva is one of the quarters of Gdańsk. From east it borders Przymorze and Żabianka, from the north Sopot and from the south with the districts of Strzyża, VII Dwór and Brętowo, while from the west with Matarnia and Osowa...
(currently part of GdańskGdanskGdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
) - Siege of Danzig (1655–1660)Siege of Danzig (1655–1660)The Siege of Danzig took place between 1655 and 1660 when a Swedish force tried to capture this important Baltic Sea port city from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Second Northern War...
: Unsuccessful siege by Swedish forces in the Deluge - Siege of Danzig (1734): Russians capture the city during the War of the Polish SuccessionWar of the Polish SuccessionThe War of the Polish Succession was a major European war for princes' possessions sparked by a Polish civil war over the succession to Augustus II, King of Poland that other European powers widened in pursuit of their own national interests...
- Siege of Danzig (1807)Siege of Danzig (1807)The Siege of Danzig was the French encirclement and capture of Danzig during the War of the Fourth Coalition. On 19 March, 1807, around 27,000 French troops under Marshall Lefebvre besieged around 11,000 Prussian and Russian troops under Marshall Kalckreuth garrisoning the city of...
: French capture the city from Prussians during the War of the Fourth CoalitionWar of the Fourth CoalitionThe Fourth Coalition against Napoleon's French Empire was defeated in a war spanning 1806–1807. Coalition partners included Prussia, Russia, Saxony, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.... - Siege of Danzig (1813)Siege of Danzig (1813)The Siege of Danzig was a siege of the city of Danzig during the War of the Sixth Coalition by Russian and Prussian forces against its permanent French garrison, which had been augmented by soldiers from the Grande Armée retreating from its Russian campaign The Siege of Danzig was a siege of the...
: Russian forces against French Army. Successful. - Events starting on 1 September 1939
- Defense of the Polish Post Office in DanzigDefense of the Polish Post Office in DanzigThe Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig was one of the first acts of World War II in Europe, as part of the Invasion of Poland....
- Battle of WesterplatteBattle of WesterplatteThe Battle of Westerplatte was the very first battle that took place after Germany invaded Poland and World War II began in Europe. During the first week of September 1939, a Military Transit Depot on the peninsula of Westerplatte, manned by fewer than 200 Polish soldiers, held out for seven days...
- German battleship vs. the Polish fortified ammunition depot - Battle of the Danzig Bay - German aircraft against Polish vessels
- Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig
- in 1945, the Soviet Army takes over the city during the East Pomeranian Offensive. For details, see Danzig Offensive Operation.