• the following days, the Germans bombarded the Westerplatte peninsula with naval and heavy field artillery, including a 105 mm howitzer battery and 210 mm...
  • 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.
  • The German attack also entailed a bombardment of Polish positions at Westerplatte by a battleship and the landing of German infantry on the peninsula.
  • 1939'da, küçük Westerplatte yarımadasındaki 209 Polonyalı savunucu, kendilerine karadan, denizden ve havadan saldıran yaklaşık 3.400 Alman'ı durdurdu.
  • The Westerplatte was a low, mostly wooded, long peninsula with a length of around 2,000m and a maximum width of 600m.
  • Westerplatte, the start of World War II. ... You can visit Westerplatte and its museums and wander across what was once the setting of a horrible war scene.
  • When the heroes are no longer among us, Westerplatte needs a broad reconstruction plan to keep telling its tragic and heroic story to future generations.
  • By the autumn of 1939, the Polish garrison occupying Westerplatte comprised of 182 soldiers expected to withstand a potential attack for twelve hours.
  • German battleship Schleswig-Holstein marks the start of World War II by firing on the garrison stationed at the Westerplatte peninsula in Poland.