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Westerplatte is a peninsula in Gda��sk, [http://www.100xingzuo.com/member/index.php?uid=hogan100&action=viewarchives&aid=21350 crazy monkey games] Poland, located on the Baltic Sea coast mouth of the Dead Vistula (one of the Vistula delta estuaries), in the Gda��sk harbour channel. From 1926 to 1939 it was the location of a Polish Military Transit Depot (WST), sanctioned within the territory of the Free City of Danzig (now Gda��sk).

It is famous for the Battle of Westerplatte, which was the first clash between Polish and German forces during the Invasion of Poland and thus the first battle of the European theater of World War II.
Contents 1 History 1.1 Resort
1.2 The transit depot
1.3 Battle of Westerplatte
1.4 Post-war 2 See also
3 Further reading 3.1 Sources and documents
3.2 Guidebooks
3.3 Fiction
3.4 Other 4 External links [edit] History
[edit] Resort

The resort was established on the Westerplatte peninsula around 1830 which had a beach, a forested park, an ocean-side bath complex and health spa facilities.

[edit] The transit depot

In 1925 the Council of the League of Nations allowed Poland to keep 88 soldiers on Westerplatte, which the Poles had secretly increased to 176 men and six officers by September 1939. [http://azisforum.com/ralphlauren317/blog/553847/ seth speaks] They were armed with one 75?mm gun, two 37 mm Bofors [http://ralphlauren161.blog.cz/1207/psychologie-du-travail-comment-lunettes-ralph-lauren-femme-ralph-lauren-traverser-le-lieu-de-travail-tunnel-noir kristen stewart speak] antitank guns, four mortars and a number of medium machine guns. There were no real fortifications, only several concrete guardhouses hidden in the peninsula's forest.

The Polish garrison was separated from Free City of Danzig (Gda��sk) by the harbor channel, with only a narrow isthmus connecting the area to the mainland. In case of war, the defenders were supposed to withstand a sustained attack for 12 hours after which [http://hogan523.newgrounds.com/news/post/739032 bengal tiger] a relief from the main units of the Polish Army were to arrive.

The Polish garrison's commanding officer was Major Henryk Sucharski, the executive officer was Captain Franciszek D?browski.

[edit] Battle of Westerplatte
For more details on this topic, see Battle of Westerplatte. Maj. Sucharski surrendering the Westerplatte post
On September 1, 1939, only minutes after the German Luftwaffe (Airforce) had begun the invasion of Poland by dropping bombs in a series of raids on the city of Wielu�� by Junkers Ju 87 Stukas, at 04:45 local time, the battleship Schleswig-Holstein, then on a "courtesy visit" to the Free City of Danzig, opened fire on the Polish garrison without warning. This was followed by an attack by Lt. Willhem Henningsen��s storm unit from the Schleswig-Holstein and [http://askmeplease.16mb.com/2012/07/hogan-scarpe-e-stivali/ endangered tigers] the "Wehrmacht pioneers." However, soon after crossing the artillery-breached brick wall, the attackers were ambushed by the Polish defenders, with small arms, mortar and machine gun fire from concealed and well-positioned firing points that caught them [http://tgn.tv/members/louboutin40/activity/527061 facts about lions] in a crossfire. Another two assaults that day were repelled as well, with the Germans suffering unexpectedly high losses.

Over the coming days, the [http://www.ibuyplainfield.org/content/alors-pourquoi-par-exemple-prix-%C3%A0-los-angeles-consommation-coup%C3%A9-ralph-lauren-polos-en-lig-0 lions club] Germans repeatedly bombarded Westerplatte with naval artillery and heavy field artillery along with dive-bombing raids by Junkers Ju 87 Stukas. Repeated attacks by 3500 German soldiers were repelled by the 180 Polish soldiers for seven days. Major Henryk Sucharski had been informed that no help from the Polish Army would come. Cut off, with no reinforcements or chance of resupply, he continued his defense, keeping the main German force stalled at Westerplatte and so preventing further attacks along the Polish coast.

On September 7 the Major decided to surrender, due to lack of ammunition and supplies. As a sign of honor for the soldiers of Westerplatte, German commander, Gen. Eberhardt, allowed Major Sucharski to keep his sword while being taken prisoner.

[edit] Post-war

The ruins of the defenders' barracks and guardhouses are still there. After the war, one of the guardhouses (#1) was converted into a museum. Two 280mm shells from the Schleswig-Holstein prop up its entrance.

A Monument of the Coast Defenders (Pomnik Obro��c��w Wybrze?a) was unveiled in 1966.

Memorials to fallen soldiers.

Barrack ruins at Westerplatte.

Monument seen from the mainland

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[edit] See also Karol Szwedowski
The German invasion of Poland
The Polish Army
The ?��d? Ghetto
The Polish ?��d? Army
The German Wehrmacht [edit] Further reading
[edit] Sources and documents Stanis?awa G��rnikiewicz-Kurowska (red.) (1994). Znaki pami?ci?: listy westerplatczyk��w (1940-1993). "Marpress". ISBN?83-85349-21-9.?
Jacek ?ebrowski (red.) (2001). Dziennik dzia?a�� bojowych pancernika "Schleswig-Holstein" 8.09.-2.10.1939 r.. Toru��: Wydawnictwo Adam Marsza?ek. ISBN?83-7322-123-9.? [edit] Guidebooks Franciszek Mamuszka (1988). Westerplatte?: przewodnik historyczny. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo PTTK "Kraj". ISBN?83-7005-192-8.?
Rafa? Witkowski (1989). Westerplatte?: informator historyczny. Gda��sk: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza. ISBN?83-03-01772-1.? [edit] Fiction Mariusz W��jtowicz-Podhorski, Krzysztof Wyrzykowski (2004). Westerplatte: Za?oga ?mierci. Milton Media. ISBN?83-920878-0-1.? [edit] Other Zbigniew Flisowski (1982). Tu, na Westerplatte. Warsaw: Ksi??ka i Wiedza.?
Zbigniew Flisowski (red.) (1989). Westerplatte. Warsaw: Wydawnictwa MON. ISBN?83-11-07694-4.?
Maria and Zbigniew Flisowscy (1985). Bastion u wr��t Gda��ska. Warsaw: Nasza Ksi?garnia. ISBN?83-10-08779-9.?
W?adys?aw Kluz (1989). Honor?: mjr Henryk Sucharski. Warsaw: Akademia Teologii Katolickiej.?
Miros?aw Gli��ski (1998). Westerplatte. Gda��sk: Muzeum Historii Miasta Gda��ska?: Wydaw. [http://califrenia.ru/californication/alors-pourquoi-par-exemple-prix-a-los-angeles-consommation-coupe-ralph-lauren-polos- lion images] Gda��skie. ISBN?83-85843-76-0.?
Stanis?awa G��rnikiewicz-Kurowska (1988). Lwy z Westerplatte. Gda��sk: Wydawnictwo Morskie. ISBN?83-215-7237-5.?
Stanis?awa G��rnikiewicz-Kurowska (1999). Westerplatczycy?: losy obro��c��w Wojskowej Sk?adnicy Tranzytowej. Gda��sk: "Marpress". ISBN?83-87291-53-6.?
Andrzej Drzycimski (1989). Wojna zacz??a si? na Westerplatte. Gda��sk: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza. ISBN?83-03-02403-5.?
Andrzej Drzycimski (1990). Major Henryk Sucharski. Wroc?aw: Ossolineum. ISBN?83-04-03374-7.?
Melchior Wa��kowicz (1990). Westerplatte. Pax. ISBN?83-211-1113-0.? [edit] External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Westerplatte A Song of the Soldiers of Westerplatte
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