Battle of the Border (WFAC)

Battle of the Border Part of Invasion of Czechoslovakia Date 1 – 7 October 1938 Place Border areas of Bohemia and Moravia, Czechoslovakia Result German victory Belligerents Nazi Germany Czechoslovakia Commanders and leaders Gerd von Rundsted (Second Army) Fedor von Bock (Eight Army) Walther von Reichenau (Tenth Army) Ritter von Leeb (Twelfth Army) Wilhelm List (Fourteenth Army) Sergej Vojcechovský (First Army) Vojtěch Luža (Second Army) Lev Prchala (Fourth Army)

Invasion of Czechoslovakia Battle of the Border Opava  •  Bruntál  •  Šatov  •  Znojmo  •  Křelovice •  České Budějovice Bohemian front Plzeň  •  Hořovice  •  Prague  •  Tábor  •  Hradec Králové  •  Kutná Hora  •  Jihlava Moravian front Prchala offensive •  Hranice •  Šternberk •  Olomouc  •  Brno  •  Blansko  •  Vyškov  •  Třebíč  •  Vyškov  •  M Line Polish front Zaolzie Campaign Hungarian invasion of Czechoslovakia Komárno  •  Levice  •  Nitra  •  Zvolen  •  Kosiče  •  Užhorod  •  Trenčín

The Battle of the Border (Czech: bitva hranicí) refers to the battles that occurred in the first days of the German invasion of Poland in October 1938. The series of battles ended in a German victory, as Czechoslovak forces were either destroyed or forced to retreat.