- 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.
- By the autumn of 1939, the Polish garrison occupying Westerplatte comprised of 182 soldiers expected to withstand a potential attack for twelve hours.
- Westerplatte savunucuları 16 kişi öldü ve 50 kişi yaralandı. Birçoğu, Alman fabrikalarında ve fabrikalarında çalıştıkları çalışma kamplarına gönderildi.
- The historic battle of Westerplatte. Westerplatte is a small peninsula in the area of Gdańsk Bay in the north-east of Gdańsk city itself.
- Background of Westerplatte. After World War I, Germany and its territory in East Prussia were separated by the newly-formed Polish territory.
- The storage is named Military Transit Depot at Westerplatte It becomes a Polish exclave, surrounded by German-dominated Free City of Gdansk.
- On March 14, 1924 Poland was awarded Westerplatte as a location for bringing in military equipment and ammunition from abroad (Polish Military Transit Depot).
- #OTD - 1939 - the Polish garrison on the #Westerplatte finally surrendered to the Germans, after an uneven 7-day defence.