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The Gleiwitz incident was a false-flag attack on a radio station in Gleiwitz on 31 August 1939, staged by the German secret police, which served as a pretext, devised by Reinhard Heydrich under orders from Hitler, for Nazi Germany to invade Poland, and which marked the start of the Second World War.
Location of the Gleiwitz radio tower in Nazi Germany (1937 borders) The Gleiwitz incident ( German : Überfall auf den Sender Gleiwitz ; Polish : Prowokacja gliwicka ) was a false flag attack on the radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz (then Germany and now Gliwice, Poland) staged by Nazi Germany on the night of 31 August 1939.
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The provincial capital was Oppeln (1919–1938) and Kattowitz (1941–1945), while other major towns included Beuthen, Gleiwitz, Hindenburg O.S., Neiße, Ratibor and Auschwitz, added in 1941 (the place of future extermination of Jews in World War II). [1] Between 1938 and 1941 it was reunited with Lower Silesia as the Province of Silesia.
Division of Prussian Silesia between Weimar Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia after World War I Division of: Area in 1910 in km 2 Share of territory Population in 1910 After WW1 part of: Notes Lower Silesia 27,105 km 2 [2] 100% 3.017.981 Divided between: to Poland: 527 km 2 [3] [4] 2%: 1%: Poznań Voivodeship (Niederschlesiens Ostmark [5 ...
Nazi Germany staged a false flag attack on the tower in 1939, which was used as a pretext for invading Poland, beginning World War II. Gliwice Radio Tower Gliwice Radio Tower ( Polish : Wieża radiostacji w Gliwicach ) is a miniature painting on glass by Paweł Brodzisz, created in 2024.
This is a list of airports in Poland, ... Gleiwitz-Trinneck) Scheduled service began in 1925. Operated routes to many cities in Germany, as well as international ...
The area was annexed by Prussia in the 18th-century, and became part of Germany in 1871. The communities of Szobiszowice (then officially Petersdorf) and Trynek were incorporated in the municipal area of Gliwice on April 1, 1897. Before this incorporation, Petersdorf was an area in the Landkreis Tost-Gleiwitz. As a neighborhood of Gleiwitz the ...