CampaignsHistoryThe 3.Armee was established on 22 August 1939. It was involved in the invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 till it was disbanded on 3 October 1939 after the completion of the Polish campaign. OrganizationArmee-Nachschubführer 501
Armee-Nachrichten-Regiment 501
Korück 501 CommandersGeorg von Küchler 8.22.1939 Calendar of Battles and Engagements| Polish Campaign Calendar of Battles and Engagements |
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| 1. | Stormingthe Border Fortifications. | 9.1.1939 | 9.3.1939 | 3 | | 2. | BreakoutFighting in the Mlawa-Chorzele Area. | 9.1.1939 | 9.4.1939 | 4 | | 3. | Pursuiton Both Sides of the Weichsel River. | 9.5.1939 | 9.12.1939 | 8 | | 4. | Fightingfor Crossing Over the Narew River. | 9.5.1939 | 9.13.1939 | 9 | | a. | Battlefor Pultusk | 9.6.1939 | 9.7.1939 | 2 | | b. | Battlefor Rozan | 9.5.1939 | 9.7.1939 | 3 | | c. | Stormingthe Fortifications at Nowgorod. | 9.9.1939 | 9.10.1939 | 2 | | d. | Battle forLomza. | 9.7.1939 | 9.11.1939 | 5 | | e. | Breakthroughthe Fortifications East of Wizna. | 9.8.1939 | 9.10.1939 | 3 | | f. | Captureof Ossowiec. | 9.13.1939 | 9.13.1939 | 1 | | 5. | Fightingfor Crossing Over the Bug River. | 9.8.1939 | 9.10.1939 | 3 | | a. | Battlefor Wyszkow. | 9.8.1939 | 9.10.1939 | 3 | | b. | Battlefor Brok. | 9.8.1939 | 9.9.1939 | 2 | | 6. | Pursuitin Eastern Poland. | 9.11.1939 | 9.21.1939 | 11 | | a. | BattleSouth of Zambrow. | 9.11.1939 | 9.13.1939 | 3 | | b. | Battlesin the Area of Kaluszyn-Siedlce-Garwolin-Minsk-Maz-Otwock. | 9.12.1939 | 9.21.1939 | 10 | | c. | Fightingfor Bialystok. | 9.15.1939 | 9.15.1939 | 1 | | d. | Captureof the Fortress Brest. | 9.14.1939 | 9.17.1939 | 4 | | e. | Battle byZabinka-Kobryn. | 9.14.1939 | 9.18.1939 | 5 | | f. | Battle byand South of Wlodawa. | 9.17.1939 | 9.19.1939 | 3 | | 7. | BattlesToward Praga. | 9.13.1939 | 9.27.1939 | 15 |
German Bibliography- Die deutschen Infanterie-Divisonen, Band 1-3, by Werner Haupt
- Die deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945, Band 1-3, by Nobert Kannapin
- Die Pflege der Tradition der alten Armee in Reichsheer und im der Wehrmacht, by Schirmer/Wiener
- Die Truppenkennzeichen… der deutchen Wehrmacht u. Waffen-SS, Band 1-4, by Schmitz/Thies
- Der Zweite Weltkrieg im Kartenbild, Band 1-3, by Klaus-Jurgen Thies
- Deutsche Verbände und Truppen 1918-1939, by George Tessin
- Verbände und Truppen der deutchen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS…, Band 1-14, by Georg Tessin
- Formationsgeschichte und Stellenbesetzung 1815-1939, Teil 1, der deutschen Heer, Band 1-3, by Günter Wegner
- Die Deutsche Wehrmacht u. Waffen-SS, Ihre Kommando. u. Grossverbände… im Zweiten Weltkrieg, author unknown
- Das Reichsheer und Seine Tradition, author unknown
- Deutsche Rote Kreuz Suchdienst, Divisionsschicksale, author unknown
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