What the records say
- When
- 1 Sep 1939
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Coordinates
- 54.22° N, 18.82° E
- Government
- Germany
- Former government
- Free City
- History
- Overwhelmingly inhabited by ethnic Germans, Germany annexed the Danzig shortly after the invasion of Poland, relcaiming the city it had lost through the Trea…
- Source map
- Free City of Danzig · 1:100,000 · State Railway Directorate in Danzig
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
The source
- European Borders, World War II (1938–1945)Stanford Spatial History Lab (M. De Groot)Stanford Spatial History Lab: scholarly reuse, no commercial use
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- Siege of Gdynia8 Sep 1939 · Siege
- Battle of Kępa Oksywska10 Sep 1939 · Battle
- Intelligenzaktion Pommern1939 · Genocide · Deaths 40,000
- Defense of the Coast of Poland in the September Campaign1 Sep 1939 · Battle