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against Germany; on a local level this was also done to put pressure on the Danzig government which was trying to renounce prior agreement on shared Danzig-Polish control over harbor police and take sole control of that unit. Polish troops were withdrawn by 16 March, after protests from the League,
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connecting them to the mainland; the Polish-held part of the Westerplatte was separated from the territory of Danzig by a brick wall. The depot was completed in November 1925 and became operational in January 1926. The Polish garrison's size was set at 88 soldiers, and Poland was not allowed to
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On 6 March 1933, in what became known as the westernmost incident (or crisis), the Polish government landed a marine battalion, briefly strengthening the outpost to about 200 men. This was done to demonstrate the Polish resolve to defend the outpost in response to recent comments by German
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had been informed that no help from the Polish Army would come. Cut off, with no reinforcements or chance of resupply, he continued his defence, keeping the main German force stalled at Westerplatte and so preventing further attacks along the Polish coast.
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near Gdańsk, and station a garrison there. Despite some objections from the Free City, this right was confirmed in 1925, where the location was agreed on with the choice of Westerplatte. Westerplatte was primarily separated from the New Port of the
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Danzig and Germany, in exchange for Danzig withdrawing its objections to the harbor police agreement. According to another source, on 14 March 1933 the League did authorize Poland to strengthen the garrison.
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On 7 September, the Major decided to surrender, due to lack of ammunition and supplies. As a sign of honour for the soldiers of Westerplatte, the German commander, Gen.
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The ruins of the defenders' barracks and guardhouses are still there. After the war, one of the guardhouses (#1) was converted into a museum. Two 280mm shells from the
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The resort was established on the Westerplatte peninsula around 1830 which had a beach, a forested park, a seaside bath complex and health spa facilities.
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raids by Stukas. Repeated attacks by 570 German soldiers were repelled by the 180 Polish soldiers for seven days. Major
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politicians and media figures about the need of border adjustment and Poland and France were secretly discussing
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or tunnels, but only five small concrete outposts (guardhouses) hidden in the peninsula's forest and a large
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prepared for defence, supported by a network of field fortifications such as
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Over the coming days, the Germans repeatedly bombarded Westerplatte with
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Westerplatczycy : losy obrońców Wojskowej Składnicy Tranzytowej
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Edmund Jan·Osmańczyk; Edmund Jan Osmańczyk; Rupert Lee (2003).
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and thus the beginning and the first battle of World War II.
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Following the reestablishment of Polish independence in the
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Mariusz Wójtowicz-Podhorski, Krzysztof Wyrzykowski (2004).
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Znaki pamięci : listy westerplatczyków (1940-1993)
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Over the years, the Poles also constructed clandestine
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by dropping bombs in a series of raids on the city of
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Westerplatte Monument
[vɛstɛrˈplatɛ]
[ˈvɛstɛrplatɛ]
[ˈvɛstɐplatə]
peninsula
Gdańsk
Poland
Baltic Sea
Dead Vistula
Vistula
estuaries
Free City of Danzig
Battle of Westerplatte
invasion of Poland
aftermath of World War I
Second Polish Republic
Gdańsk

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