Battle of Kodziowce

Battle of Kodziowce
Date 23rd September 1939 to 24th September 1939 Location Kodziowce and surrounding area
Belligerents
Soviet Union	Poland
Commanders and leaders
Ivan Boldin Alexey Kurkin Maj. Chuvakin	Wacław Przeździecki Edmund Heldut-Tarnasiewicz Major Żukowski
Units involved
2nd Light Tank Brigade	Wołkowysk Cavalry Brigade

The Battle of Kodziowce was a battle that took place at Kodziowce (now in modern Belarus) that occurred on 23rd-24th September 1939 during the Soviet invasion of Poland. It was fought between the Polish Wołkowysk Cavalry Brigade commanded by Wacław Przeździecki and Edmund Heldut-Tarnasiewicz who were retreating from the Battle of Grodno (1939) and the Soviet 2nd Light Armoured Brigade under Col. Alexey Kurkin.^[1][2] The 2nd Light Tank Brigade was mainly composed of BT-7 light fast tanks and a small amount of BA-I armoured cars.