- 1939'da, küçük Westerplatte yarımadasındaki 209 Polonyalı savunucu, kendilerine karadan, denizden ve havadan saldıran yaklaşık 3.400 Alman'ı durdurdu.
- Soon after the resort infrastructure was constructed at Westerplatte the old mouth of the Vistula was corrected and Westerplatte became a peninsula.
- Dramatization of the first battle of World War II. The first target of German troops in the invasion of Poland is a small garrison at Westerplatte.
- On 14 March 1924, Poland was awarded Westerplatte as a location for bringing in military equipment and ammunition from abroad (Polish Military Transit Depot).
- 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.
- The Westerplatte was a low, mostly wooded, long peninsula with a length of around 2,000m and a maximum width of 600m.
- Again the Germans change their tactics, now making use of running a burning train towards the Polish positions on Westerplatte followed by a ground attack.
- The storage is named Military Transit Depot at Westerplatte It becomes a Polish exclave, surrounded by German-dominated Free City of Gdansk.
- By the autumn of 1939, the Polish garrison occupying Westerplatte comprised of 182 soldiers expected to withstand a potential attack for twelve hours.
- Another option is the Oliwa district with the Oliwa Cathedral, botanical garden and Pacholek hill. Westerplatte – where the Second World War started.