️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Gruppe<unk>supported the advance to Częstochowa<unk>then engaged in the Siege of Warsaw. Hitschhold's group assisted in the destruction of Łódź Army's cavalry brigades alongside Richthofen's forces. I./StG 2 then fought in the Battle of the Bzura which destroyed Army Poznań and Army Pomorze; it bombed Polish forces in and around the Iłża forest. Hitschhold's unit then bombed rail targets in support of the Battle of Radom and Battle of Modlin
<unk> Hitschhold was appointed as "Gruppenkommandeure" (Group Commander) of I./StG 2 on 16 October 1939, ten days after the Polish capitulation.