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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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In terms of cargo traffic, as of 2019 the airport was the second-busiest in Germany after Frankfurt Airport, and the fifth-busiest in Europe, having handled 1,238,343 metric tonnes of cargo. It is Germany's 14th largest airport by passengers and handled more than 2.61 million passengers in 2019 mainly with flights to European leisure destinations.
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.
Gleiwitz II Gliwice: May 1944 – Jan 1945 More than 1,000 prisoners Deutsche Gasrusswerke: 22. Sosnowitz II Sosnowiec [8] May 1944 – Jan 1945 About 900 prisoners Ost Maschinenbau GmbH 23. Gleiwitz III Gliwice: Jul 1944 – Jan 1945 450–600 prisoners Zieleniewski - Maschinen und Waggonbau GmbH - Krakau: 24. Hindenburg Zabrze: Aug 1944 ...
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 ...
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.