F.G. Eberhardt Gustav Kleikamp Wilhelm Henningsen †
Henryk Sucharski Franciszek Dąbrowski
Strength
c. 3,400 1 battleship[1] 2 torpedo boats 60 aircraft
182–240
Casualties and losses
50 killed[1] c. 150 wounded
15 killed[1] 20 wounded[1] 155–185 captured
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Location in Poland, 1939 borders
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Invasion of Poland
Battle of the Border
Wieluń
Chojnice
Krojanty
Lasy Królewskie
Mokra
Pszczyna
Grudziądz
Mława
Jordanów
Fraustadt
Węgierska Górka
Tuchola Forest
Częstochowa
Mikołów
Katowice
Bukowiec
Slovak invasion
Baltic coast
Westerplatte
Danzig
Danzig Bay
Worek Plan
Gdynia
Hel
Kępa Oksywska
4–10 September
Tomaszów Mazowiecki
Wizna
Łódź
Borowa Góra
Piotrków
Różan
Pułtusk
Radom
Łomża
Barak
Wola Cyrusowa
Northern Front
Warsaw
Bzura
Kałuszyn
Węgrów
Wilno
Modlin
Kobryń
Brześć
2nd Tomaszów Lubelski
Wólka Węglowa
Kampinos Forest
Krasnystaw
Łomianki
Krasnobród
Kock
Southern Front
Przemyśl
Jarosław
1st Tomaszów Lubelski
Jaworów
Janów Forest
Cześniki
Lwów
Soviet invasion of Poland
Slovak invasion of Poland
Operation Tannenberg
Timeline
The Battle of Westerplatte was the first battle of the German invasion of Poland, marking the start of World War II in Europe.[1] It occurred on the Westerplatte peninsula in the harbour of the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland).
In the mid-1920s, the Second Polish Republic established the Polish Military Transit Depot (Wojskowa Składnica Tranzytowa, WST) on the Westerplatte peninsula in the Free City of Danzig. Beginning on 1 September 1939, the German Wehrmacht and Danzig Police assaulted the WST. Despite initial assessment on both sides that the Polish garrison might hold out for several hours before being reinforced or overwhelmed, the Poles held out for seven days and repelled thirteen assaults that included dive-bomber attacks and naval shelling.
The defence of the Westerplatte was an inspiration for the Polish Army and people in the face of German advances elsewhere and is still regarded as a symbol of resistance in modern Poland. The Polish government is planning to open a dedicated public museum on the site in 2026.
^ abcdefghZaloga, Steven; Madej, Victor (1985). The Polish Campaign, 1939. New York, New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-994-4.
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