sentences:  On the first day of World War II, German troops invaded Upper Silesia from the directions of Gliwice.Władysław Kiełbasa was part of the "Silesia" operational group, which was in turn part of the Kraków Army.While leading a counterattack against German forces between the towns of Mikołów and Wyry, part of an operation to withdraw Polish units behind the Przemsza River, Kiełbasa was struck by shrapnel and killed.