Gleiwitz incident

Wann

31. Aug. 1939

Art

Militäroperation

Tote

1

Koordinaten

50.31° N, 18.69° E

Description

1939 staged attack by Nazi forces

Staged attack by Nazi forces to invade Poland

The Gleiwitz incident, or Gliwice incident, was a false flag attack on the radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz staged by Nazi Germany on the night of 31 August 1939. Along with some two dozen similar incidents, the attack was manufactured by Germany as a casus belli to justify the invasion of Poland.

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