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  • How 'Operation Himmler' sparked WWII: Disguised as Polish saboteurs, the Nazis attacked a GERMAN radio station to give them an excuse to invade Poland on this day 82 years ago… leading to Britain declaring war on Germany 48 hours later

    09/01/2021 9:59:10 AM PDT · by DFG · 28 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 09/01/2021 | Ed Wight and Harry Howard
    As night began to fall on 31 August, 1939, a small, hand-picked team of SS troops crept into the then German city of Gleiwitz. Disguised as Polish saboteurs, their mission was to launch an attack on the city's main radio station to give Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler a justification for invading Poland. It was part of what was codenamed Operation Himmler - the false flag attacks carried out by the Fuhrer's military intelligence service the Abwehr, along with the feared SS and the Gestapo to give the impression of Polish aggression towards Germany. Entering through the back door, they locked...
  • Poland to open Westerplatte National Remembrance Park

    08/16/2007 1:10:04 PM PDT · by lizol · 2 replies · 217+ views
    thenews.pl ^ | Thursday, August 16. 2007
    Poland to open Westerplatte National Remembrance Park Created: Thursday, August 16. 2007 The opening of the Museum of Westerplatte Battlefield, northern Poland, will mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of WW2. The National Remembrance Park will look exactly like it did in September 1939 as the nazis invaded Poland to begin the six years of WW II. “Westerplatte is a symbolic place important in terms of historical politics”, says Vice-Minister of Culture and National Heritage Jarosław Sellin. “However, it looks as if time stopped 20 years ago in this place. This neglected site must be made more attractive. In...