German annexation of the Free City of Danzig
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The German annexation of the Free City of Danzig was the 1939 incorporation of the semi-autonomous Baltic port city into Nazi Germany, an aggressive move that helped trigger the outbreak of World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| German annexation of the Free City of Danzig canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: German annexation of the Free City of Danzig Context triple: [Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig, dissolvedFollowing, German annexation of the Free City of Danzig]
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A.
Anschluss of Austria
The Anschluss of Austria was the 1938 annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany, marking a key step in Hitler’s expansionist agenda before World War II.
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B.
remilitarization of the Rhineland
The remilitarization of the Rhineland was Nazi Germany’s 1936 deployment of troops into the previously demilitarized Rhineland, a key early violation of the Treaty of Versailles that marked a major step toward World War II.
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C.
Upper Silesia plebiscite
The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a 1921 referendum in the ethnically mixed industrial region of Upper Silesia to determine whether the territory would belong to Germany or the newly re-established Poland after World War I.
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D.
German annexation of the Hlučín Region
The German annexation of the Hlučín Region was the 1938 incorporation of this historically contested border area from Czechoslovakia into Nazi Germany as part of its broader territorial expansion before World War II.
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E.
Gleiwitz incident
The Gleiwitz incident was a staged 1939 false-flag attack by Nazi Germany on a German radio station, used as propaganda to justify the invasion of Poland and the start of World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: German annexation of the Free City of Danzig Target entity description: The German annexation of the Free City of Danzig was the 1939 incorporation of the semi-autonomous Baltic port city into Nazi Germany, an aggressive move that helped trigger the outbreak of World War II.
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A.
Anschluss of Austria
The Anschluss of Austria was the 1938 annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany, marking a key step in Hitler’s expansionist agenda before World War II.
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B.
remilitarization of the Rhineland
The remilitarization of the Rhineland was Nazi Germany’s 1936 deployment of troops into the previously demilitarized Rhineland, a key early violation of the Treaty of Versailles that marked a major step toward World War II.
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C.
Upper Silesia plebiscite
The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a 1921 referendum in the ethnically mixed industrial region of Upper Silesia to determine whether the territory would belong to Germany or the newly re-established Poland after World War I.
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D.
German annexation of the Hlučín Region
The German annexation of the Hlučín Region was the 1938 incorporation of this historically contested border area from Czechoslovakia into Nazi Germany as part of its broader territorial expansion before World War II.
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E.
Gleiwitz incident
The Gleiwitz incident was a staged 1939 false-flag attack by Nazi Germany on a German radio station, used as propaganda to justify the invasion of Poland and the start of World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi Germany war crime
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historical event ⓘ territorial annexation ⓘ |
| after |
German occupation of Czechoslovakia
ⓘ
Munich Agreement ⓘ |
| annexedTerritory | Free City of Danzig ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Free City of Danzig ⓘ |
| basedOn |
German claims to self-determination for ethnic Germans in Danzig
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Nazi ideology of Lebensraum ⓘ |
| conflict |
Invasion of Poland
ⓘ
surface form:
German–Polish War of 1939
|
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| describedBySource | historiography of World War II ⓘ |
| endTime | 1945 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Allied declaration of war on Germany
ⓘ
German occupation of Poland ⓘ |
| hasCause |
German–Polish tensions over Danzig and the Polish Corridor
ⓘ
expansionist policy of Nazi Germany ⓘ revision of the Treaty of Versailles ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
end of the Free City of Danzig
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escalation of German–British tensions ⓘ incorporation of Danzig into the Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia ⓘ World War II prelude ⓘ
surface form:
outbreak of World War II
violation of international agreements ⓘ |
| legalStatus | illegal under international law ⓘ |
| location |
Baltic Sea coast region
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic Sea coast
Gdańsk ⓘ
surface form:
Danzig
Pomerania ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
France
ⓘ
League of Nations ⓘ Poland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| partOf |
Invasion of Poland
ⓘ
surface form:
German invasion of Poland
Nazi territorial expansion in the late 1930s ⓘ World War II ⓘ
surface form:
World War II in Europe
|
| pointInTime | 1939 ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Polish–German negotiations of the 1930s
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surface form:
German–Polish diplomatic crisis of 1938–1939
Nazi seizure of power in the Free City of Danzig Senate ⓘ rise of the Nazi Party in Danzig ⓘ |
| significantParticipant |
Adolf Hitler
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France ⓘ League of Nations ⓘ Nazi Party ⓘ Government of the Second Polish Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Polish government
Senate of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| startTime | 1939-09-01 ⓘ |
| temporalContext |
early phase of World War II
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interwar period ⓘ |
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Subject: German annexation of the Free City of Danzig Description of subject: The German annexation of the Free City of Danzig was the 1939 incorporation of the semi-autonomous Baltic port city into Nazi Germany, an aggressive move that helped trigger the outbreak of World War II.
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