Westerplatte – WWII’s Forgotten First Battle
At 4:47 a.m. on September 1, 1939, the peace of the port city of Danzig shattered as the German battleship Schlesvig Holstein opened fire on the Polish garrison at Westerplatte, marking the explosive beginning of World War II. The first brutal shots echoed across the Vestaparta Peninsula, igniting a conflict that would engulf the globe … Read more