Battle of Westerplatte
Part of Invasion of Poland
German battleship Schleswig-Holstein shelling Polish positions at Westerplatte, 1 September 1939
Date September 1 - September 7, 1939 Location Westerplatte, Danzig (northern Poland) Result German victory
Combatants
Poland	Nazi Germany
Commanders
Henryk Sucharski (nominal) Franciszek Dąbrowski (de-facto)	Friedrich Eberhardt (land) Gustav Kleikamp (sea)
Strength
182 soldiers 25 civilians 1 M1902 gun 2 Bofors 37 mm AT guns 4 Brandt 81 mm mortars 41 MGs	3,500 soldiers 47-70 Stuka dive bombers 65 guns 3 vessels
Casualties
14 KIA 53 WIA	At least 600-700 KIA and WIA

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It is famous as the place of battle of Westerplatte, one of the first - and longest - battles of the Invasion of Poland in 1939. Westerplatte Conflict Polish Defence War of 1939 Date September 1 to September 7, 1939 Place Westerplatte peninsula in Gdańsk Result ? Westerplatte is a peninsula in Gdańsk, at an estuary of the Dead Vistula (one of the Vistula delta estuaries), in the Gdańsk harbour channel. ... Combatants Poland Germany, Soviet Union, Slovakia Commanders Edward Rydz-ÅšmigÅ‚y Fedor von Bock (Army Group North), Gerd von Rundstedt (Army Group South), Mikhail Kovalov (Belorussian Front), Semyon Timoshenko (Ukrainian Front), Ferdinand ÄŒatloÅ¡ (Field Army Bernolak) Strength 39 divisions, 16 brigades, 4,300 guns, 880 tanks, 400 aircraft, Total: 950...

The transit depot

Model of Westerplatte, 1st September

In 1925 the Council of the League of Nations allowed Poland to keep 88 soldiers on Westerplatte. By September 1939 the crew of Westerplatte had increased to 182 soldiers. They were armed with one 75 mm field gun, two 37 mm Bofors antitank guns, four mortars and a number of medium machine guns. There were no real fortifications, only several concrete blockhouses hidden in the island's forest. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x653, 169 KB) Makieta Westerplatte w czasie obrony. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x653, 169 KB) Makieta Westerplatte w czasie obrony. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The League of Nations was an international organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... A field gun is an artillery piece. ... The Bofors 37 mm was a very common anti-tank gun used by all Allied forces during WW2. ... US soldier loading a M224 60-mm mortar. ... A Medium Machine Gun or MMG in modern terms, usually refers to a belt-fed, full-power rifle caliber (such as 7. ... Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ... A 19th-century-era block house in Fort York, Toronto In military science, a blockhouse is a small, isolated fort in the form of a single building. ...

The Polish garrison was separated from Freie Stadt Danzig (Gdańsk) city by the harbour channel, with only a small pier connecting them to the mainland. In case of war, the defenders were supposed to withstand a sustained attack for 12 hours. Napoleonic-era Danzig The Free City of Danzig (French: Ville Libre de Dantzig) was a semi-independent state established by Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars in years 9 September 1807– 22 January 1813/1815. ...

The Polish garrison's commanding officer was Major Henryk Sucharski, the executive officer was Captain Franciszek Dąbrowski (according to recent opinions, from September 2 Captain Dąbrowski was also the actual commander, following Sucharski's nervous breakdown). Major is a military rank the use of which varies according to country. ... Gen. ... Captain is a nautical term, an organizational title, and a rank in various uniformed organizations. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Battle of Westerplatte

Westerplatte in flames

At the end of August 1939 the German pre-Dreadnought battleship Schleswig-Holstein came to Danzig (Gdańsk) under the pretext of a courtesy visit and anchored in the channel near Westerplatte. Image File history File links Westerplatte burning File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Westerplatte burning File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... USS Massachusetts, a pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1893 The term pre-dreadnought refers to the last type of battleship before the British Royal Navys HMS Dreadnought (1906). ... The firepower of a battleship demonstrated by USS Iowa. ... Schleswig-Holstein, a German battleship, started World War II by firing at the Polish base at Westerplatte on 1 September 1939. ... Etiquette is the code that governs the expectations of social behavior, the conventional norm. ...

On September 1, 1939, at 0445 local time, as Germany began its invasion of Poland, Schleswig-Holstein started to shell the Polish garrison with its 280 mm and 150 mm guns. This was followed by an attack by German naval infantry who were hoping for an easy victory, but were repelled with Polish small arms and machine gun fire. Another two assaults that day were repelled as well, with the Germans suffering unexpected losses. However, the only Polish 75 mm gun was destroyed after firing 28 shells at German positions across the channel. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... Combatants Poland Germany, Soviet Union, Slovakia Commanders Edward Rydz-ÅšmigÅ‚y Fedor von Bock (Army Group North), Gerd von Rundstedt (Army Group South), Mikhail Kovalov (Belorussian Front), Semyon Timoshenko (Ukrainian Front), Ferdinand ÄŒatloÅ¡ (Field Army Bernolak) Strength 39 divisions, 16 brigades, 4,300 guns, 880 tanks, 400 aircraft, Total: 950... France Marines is the name of a commune in the département of Val dOise, France. ... Small arms captured in Fallujah, Iraq by the US Marine Corps in 2004 The term small arms generally describes any number of smaller infantry weapons, such as firearms that an individual soldier can carry. ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ...

Over the coming days, the Germans repeatedly bombarded Westerplatte with naval and heavy field artillery (including 210 mm howitzers) along with dive-bombing raids by Junkers Ju 87 Stukas. Repeated attacks by German marines, SS Heimwehr Danzig (Danzig SS and police group) and Wehrmacht's combat engineers were repelled by the Poles for seven days. Finally, the Westerplatte garrison, who were now exhausted - with many defenders severely wounded - as well as being short on food, water, ammunition and medical supplies, surrendered on September 7. USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a full broadside of nine 16/50 and six 5/38 guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 1 July 1984. ... Union Army gun squad at drill, c. ... Loading a WW1 British 15 in (381 mm) howitzer A howitzer or hauwitzer is a type of field artillery. ... Junkers Ju 87 Dive-Bombers The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka was the most famous Sturzkampfflugzeug (German dive bomber) in World War II, instantly recognisable by its inverted gull-wings and fixed undercarriage. ... SS or ss or Ss may be: The Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force Steamship (SS) (ship prefix) The United States Secret Service A submarine not powered by nuclear energy (SS) (United States Navy designator), see SSN A Soviet/Russian surface-to-surface missile, as listed by NATO reporting name Shortstop... Image:Wehrmacht 20 April 1939 Birthday Parade. ... ... Look up surrender in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ...

Maj. Sucharski surrendering the Westerplatte post

Polish soldiers taken into captivity after the capitulation of Westerplatte

Barrack ruins at Westerplatte

Approximately 2,600 German soldiers were engaged in action against the 205 strong Polish garrison. The exact number of German losses remains unknown or undisclosed, but are estimated to be in range of at least 500 killed with many more wounded. Polish casualties were much lower - 14 killed and 53 wounded. An additional victim, Sergeant Kazimierz Rasiński, the radio telephone operator, was murdered after the capitulation after refusing to give in the radio codes to the Germans. Image File history File links Westerplatte_Sucharski_sabre. ... Image File history File links Westerplatte_Sucharski_sabre. ... Polish soldiers taken POW after the capitulation of Westerplatte Picture from a German WWII German war chronicle This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Polish soldiers taken POW after the capitulation of Westerplatte Picture from a German WWII German war chronicle This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 393 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Westerplatte Metadata This... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 393 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Westerplatte Metadata This... A radiotelephone is a communications device that allows two or more people to talk using radio. ... Surrender is when soldiers give up fighting and become prisoners of war, either as individuals or when ordered to by their officers. ...

Aftermath

The ruins of the island's barracks and blockhouses are still there. After the war one of the barracks has been converted into a museum - two shells from the Schleswig-Holstein prop up its entrance.

Polish poet Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński wrote a widely known poem about this battle, A Song of the Soldiers of Westerplatte (Pieśń o żołnierzach Westerplatte). Konstanty Ildefons GaÅ‚czyÅ„ski. ...

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See also

• Karol Szwedowski
• Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig
• Bombing of Wieluń

Karol (Charles) Szwedowski (1889-1941), Was a diplomat master builder, contract to work at Westerplatte. ... The Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig (today Gdańsk) was one of the first battles of the Polish September Campaign, and of the World War II in Europe. ... Bombing of Wieluń in World War II refers to the German bomb raid on a Polish city of Wieluń at the outbreak of World War II. On September 1, 1939 at 4. ...

Related reading

Sources and documents

• Stanisława Górnikiewicz-Kurowska (red.) (1994). Znaki pamięci : listy westerplatczyków (1940-1993). "Marpress". ISBN 83-85349-21-9. 
• Jacek Żebrowski (red.) (2001). Dziennik działań bojowych pancernika "Schleswig-Holstein" 8.09.-2.10.1939 r.. Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek. ISBN 83-7322-123-9. 

Guidebooks

• Franciszek Mamuszka (1988). Westerplatte : przewodnik historyczny. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo PTTK "Kraj". ISBN 83-7005-192-8. 
• Rafał Witkowski (1989). Westerplatte : informator historyczny. Gdańsk: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza. ISBN 83-03-01772-1. 

Fiction

• Mariusz Wójtowicz-Podhorski, Krzysztof Wyrzykowski (2004). Westerplatte: Załoga śmierci. Milton Media. ISBN 83-920878-0-1. 

Other

• Zbigniew Flisowski (1982). Tu, na Westerplatte. Warsaw: Książka i Wiedza. 
• Zbigniew Flisowski (red.) (1989). Westerplatte. Warsaw: Wydawnictwa MON. ISBN 83-11-07694-4. 
• Maria and Zbigniew Flisowscy (1985). Bastion u wrót Gdańska. Warsaw: Nasza Księgarnia. ISBN 83-10-08779-9. 
• Władysław Kluz (1989). Honor : mjr Henryk Sucharski. Warsaw: Akademia Teologii Katolickiej. 
• Mirosław Gliński (1998). Westerplatte. Gdańsk: Muzeum Historii Miasta Gdańska : Wydaw. Gdańskie. ISBN 83-85843-76-0. 
• Stanisława Górnikiewicz-Kurowska (1988). Lwy z Westerplatte. Gdańsk: Wydawnictwo Morskie. ISBN 83-215-7237-5. 
• Stanisława Górnikiewicz-Kurowska (1999). Westerplatczycy : losy obrońców Wojskowej Składnicy Tranzytowej. Gdańsk: "Marpress". ISBN 83-87291-53-6. 
• Andrzej Drzycimski (1989). Wojna zaczęła się na Westerplatte. Gdańsk: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza. ISBN 83-03-02403-5. 
• Andrzej Drzycimski (1990). Major Henryk Sucharski. Wrocław: Ossolineum. ISBN 83-04-03374-7. 
• Melchior Wańkowicz (1990). Westerplatte. Pax. ISBN 83-211-1113-0. 

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