Organization
The units of LOW included:
- Wejherowo Independent Detachment (Odział Wydzielony Wejherowo; west of Wejherowo) under Lt. Col. Kazimierz Pruszkowski
- 1st Marine Rifles Regiment
- Puck National Defence Battalion
- Redłowo Independent Detachment (Odział Wydzielony Redłowo; south of Gdynia) under Lt. Col. Ignacy Szpunar
- 2nd Marine Rifles Regiment
- 1st Reserve Infantry Battalion
- Kartuzy Independent Detachment (Odział Wydzielony Kartuzy) under Captain Marian Mordawski
- Gdynia II National Defence Battalion
- Kartuzy National Defence Battalion
- Gdynia I National Defence Battalion (near Koleczkowo)
The remainder of the Polish forces, including the improvised units, the mobilized Police, Border Guards, Border Defence Corps and some volunteers, were to defend the outskirts of Gdynia and the Oksywie Heights (German Oxhöft). Anti-air defence was provided by the 1st and 2nd battalion of AA artillery, with 14 75 mm guns wz.22/24 and 14 40 mm wz. 38 guns. Altogether, the forces subordinate to Col. Dąbek numbered ca. 15,000.
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