Westerplatte Peninsula

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battle historic site military cemetery military depot peninsula war memorial

Westerplatte Peninsula is a historic coastal area in Gdańsk, Poland, best known as the site where the first battle of World War II began in September 1939.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Westerplatte 7
Westerplatte Peninsula canonical 6
Polish Military Transit Depot at Westerplatte 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
military cemetery ⓘ
military depot ⓘ
peninsula ⓘ
war memorial ⓘ
administrativeTerritory city of Gdańsk ⓘ
commemorates German attack on Westerplatte ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Westerplatte
controlledBy Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Free City of Danzig (special status area)

Second Polish Republic ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
endTime 1939-09-07 ⓘ
hasAccess sea route to Gdańsk ⓘ
hasCemetery Westerplatte cemetery of the defenders ⓘ
surface form: Soldiers’ Cemetery at Westerplatte
hasCoordinateLatitude 54.406 ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude 18.680 ⓘ
hasMilitaryFacility Polish Military Transit Depot ⓘ
hasMonument Westerplatte Monument in Gdańsk ⓘ
surface form: Westerplatte Monument
hasStructure barracks ruins ⓘ
guardhouse ruins ⓘ
hasTransportConnection ferry from Gdańsk ⓘ
heritageDesignation Polish national memorial ⓘ
historicalPeriod Interwar period ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
knownFor Polish Military Transit Depot ⓘ
first battle of World War II ⓘ
locatedAtMouthOf Dead Vistula ⓘ
locatedIn Gdańsk ⓘ
Pomeranian Voivodeship ⓘ
locatedOn Baltic Sea ⓘ
location Westerplatte Peninsula self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Westerplatte Peninsula self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Westerplatte Peninsula self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Westerplatte Peninsula self-linksurface differs ⓘ
notableEvent German attack on Westerplatte ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Westerplatte
opponent Nazi Germany ⓘ
partOf Bay of Gdańsk ⓘ
surface form: Gdańsk Bay

Invasion of Poland ⓘ
Port of Gdańsk ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
significance symbol of Polish resistance in 1939 ⓘ
startTime 1939-09-01 ⓘ
startTimeOfEvent 1939-09-01 ⓘ
touristAttraction Westerplatte Monument in Gdańsk ⓘ
surface form: Westerplatte Monument viewing point

open-air military relics ⓘ
usedFor military purposes ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gdańsk → contains → Westerplatte Peninsula ⓘ
Pomeranian Voivodeship → containsMajorMonument → Westerplatte Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westerplatte
Franciszek Dąbrowski → placeOfActivity → Westerplatte Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westerplatte
German battleship Schleswig-Holstein → attacked → Westerplatte Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westerplatte
Westerplatte Monument in Gdańsk → locatedIn → Westerplatte Peninsula ⓘ
Polish coastal defenses → hasPart → Westerplatte Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westerplatte Military Transit Depot defenses
Polish coastal defenses → strategicFocus → Westerplatte Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westerplatte
Westerplatte Peninsula → location → Westerplatte Peninsula self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Westerplatte
Westerplatte Peninsula → location → Westerplatte Peninsula self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Polish Military Transit Depot
Westerplatte Peninsula → location → Westerplatte Peninsula self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Westerplatte Monument
Westerplatte Peninsula → location → Westerplatte Peninsula self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Soldiers’ Cemetery at Westerplatte
Kampania wrześniowa → hasEvent → Westerplatte Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: obrona Westerplatte
Gustav Kleikamp → associatedWith → Westerplatte Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westerplatte
Danzig harbor → usedBy → Westerplatte Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish Military Transit Depot at Westerplatte
Danzig harbor → associatedWith → Westerplatte Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westerplatte
Major Henryk Sucharski → commanded → Westerplatte Peninsula ⓘ
subject surface form: Henryk Sucharski
this entity surface form: Westerplatte garrison
Westerplatte cemetery of the defenders → locatedOn → Westerplatte Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westerplatte peninsula
Sucharski → location → Westerplatte Peninsula ⓘ
subject surface form: Defense of Westerplatte
this entity surface form: Westerplatte