• A Monument of the Coast Defenders (Pomnik Obrońców Wybrzeża) was unveiled in 1966. Westerplatte Museum dedicated to the 1939 battle was created in 2015.
  • The ship took us along the river from Gdansk to Westerplatte, past several shipyards and coal factories. ... Finally, we went to the iconic memorial at Westerplatte.
  • Despite the majority German population, Poland had access to the port, the post office and a small military depot on the peninsula of Westerplatte.
  • The name sounded strangely non-Polish. No one in school ever mentioned the Battle of Westerplatte or that World War II began there.
  • 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.
  • German battleship Schleswig-Holstein marks the start of World War II by firing on the garrison stationed at the Westerplatte peninsula in Poland.
  • The Westerplatte was a low, mostly wooded, long peninsula with a length of around 2,000m and a maximum width of 600m.
  • By the autumn of 1939, the Polish garrison occupying Westerplatte comprised of 182 soldiers expected to withstand a potential attack for twelve hours.
  • Background of Westerplatte. After World War I, Germany and its territory in East Prussia were separated by the newly-formed Polish territory.