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| 1627 | Invasion of Silesia
Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von |  |
| | Wallenstein clears Silesia of the remnants of Mansfeld's army |
| 1740 | Invasion of Silesia
Frederick II the Great | |
| | Questions the female succession of Maria Theresa to Austrian possessions |
| Dec | Decides to make a preemptive strike against Maria Therasa & her ally the Russians |
| Dec | Offers to vote for Maria Theresa's husband if Silesia is handed over to Prussia |
| Dec 12th | Orders his generals to invade Silesia |
| Dec 16th | 1st day of the Prussian invasion of Silesia |
| Dec 16th | Personally leads an army of 40,000 |
| 1914 | Invasion of Silesia
Hindenburg, Paul von | |
| Nov 11th | Hindenburg had intercepted Russian reports of the proposed invasion into Silesia, and sees an opportunity to repeat his crushing victory at the battle of Tannenberg, by hitting the Russian flank at Lodz as it moves into Silesia |
| Dec 6th | The Russians had repulsed the Germans and saved Warsaw, which had been the objective of the original German offensive, the Germans, for their part, had caused the Russians to abandon their offensive into Silesia |
| 1921 | Invasion of Silesia
Wirth, Karl Joseph | |
| May 3rd | Polish forces under Wojciech Korfantry invade Upper Silesia |
| May 23rd | German Freikorps smash Polish forces at St Annaberg |
