 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pilecki akaunganidzwa semutungamiri weboka revatasvi vemabhiza musi wa26 Nyamavhuvhu 1939. Akagoverwa ku19th Infantry Division pasi peGeneral Józef Kwaciszewski, chikamu chePolish Army Prusy uye chikwata chake chakatora chikamu mukurwisa kwakasimba kurwisa maGerman panguva yekupinda kwePoland. Chikamu chechi19 chakaparadzwa chose chose mushure mekurwisana nemauto eGerman husiku hwa5 kusvika 6 Gunyana muhondo yePiotrków Trybunalski. Zvasara zvayo zvakabatanidzwa mu41st Infantry Division, iyo yakabviswa kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva yakananga kuLwów zvino Lviv muUkraine uye musoro webhiriji reRomania. Mu41st Division, Pilecki akashanda semutungamiri wechipiri-mu-mutungamiri weboka rake revatasvi vemabhiza, pasi peMajor Jan Włodarkiewicz. Iye nevarume vake vakaparadza matangi manomwe eGermany, vakapfura ndege imwe, uye vakaparadza dzimwe mbiri pasi. Musi waSeptember 17, Soviet Union yakapinda muPoland yokumabvazuva, iyo yakawedzera mamiriro ezvinhu asina tariro emauto ePoland. Pana 22 September, 41st Division yakatambura kukundwa kukuru uye yakapa. Włodarkiewicz naPilecki vaive pakati pevarwi vazhinji vasina kutevera rairo yeMukuru-weMukuru General Edward Śmigły-Rydz kuti vadzokere kuburikidza neRomania kuenda kuFrance, pachinzvimbo chekusarudza kugara pasi pevhu muPoland. 