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Battle of Westerplatte

Battle of Westerplatte was a siege conducted on 1 September 1939 at Westerplatte, in what is now Poland. It was part of the 1939 Invasion of Poland. The recorded result: German victory.

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For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Danzig, Westerplatte, Wald Die Einnahme
For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Danzig, Westerplatte, Wald Die Einnahme. Haine, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date1 September 1939
PlaceWesterplatte, Poland
54.407N, 18.671E
Part of1939 Invasion of Poland (1939)
KindSiege, interwar and Second World War
ResultGerman victory
BelligerentsNazi Germany; Free City of DanzigSecond Polish Republic
CommandersHenryk Sucharski; Franciszek Dąbrowski
Battle of WesterplatteBattle of WesterplatteSiege of DanzigSiege of DanzigSiege of Danzig in 1577Siege of DanzigSiege of DanzigSiege of DanzigKaliningradGdyniaGrudziądzOlsztynKoszalin100 km54.407N, 18.671E
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Battle of Westerplatte is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 350 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q533034, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Westerplatte, revision 1376572257, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.