Operation Himmler
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Operation Himmler was a series of false-flag operations staged by Nazi Germany in 1939 to fabricate Polish aggression and justify the invasion of Poland.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
covert operation
→
false flag operation → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Operation Konserve
→
Operation Himmler →
surface form: "Unternehmen Himmler"
|
| authorizedBy |
HeinrichHimmler
→
surface form: "Heinrich Himmler"
|
| commandedBy | Alfred Naujocks NERFINISHED → |
| conflict | World War II → |
| country | Nazi Germany → |
| date | August 1939 → |
| followedBy |
Invasion of Poland
→
surface form: "Invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939"
|
| hasPart |
Gleiwitz incident
→
fake sabotage acts → propaganda broadcasts → staged border skirmishes → |
| hasPurpose |
fabricate Polish aggression against Germany
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justify outbreak of war with Poland → provide pretext for invasion of Poland → |
| hasType |
border provocation
→
psychological warfare operation → |
| historicalPeriod | prelude to World War II → |
| location |
German-Polish border
→
Kattowitz →
surface form: "Gleiwitz"
Upper Silesia → |
| mediaCoverage | German state propaganda → |
| method |
fabrication of evidence of Polish attacks
→
use of prisoners dressed in Polish uniforms → |
| namedAfter |
HeinrichHimmler
→
surface form: "Heinrich Himmler"
|
| notableEvent |
Gleiwitz incident
→
surface form: "Gleiwitz radio station attack"
|
| opponent | Poland → |
| organizer |
Gestapo
→
SS → |
| partOf |
Invasion of Poland
→
surface form: "German invasion of Poland"
|
| perpetrator |
Gestapo
→
surface form: "Geheime Staatspolizei"
Nazi Germany →
surface form: "Nazi regime"
Schutzstaffel (SS) →
surface form: "Schutzstaffel"
|
| plannedBy |
ReinhardHeydrich
→
surface form: "Reinhard Heydrich"
|
| relatedTo |
Nazi propaganda
→
casus belli for World War II in Europe → |
| result |
German public misled about Polish aggression
→
international confusion over origin of hostilities → |
| significantFor |
example of manufactured casus belli
→
use of disinformation in warfare → |
| startTime | 1939 → |
| usedAsPretextFor |
Invasion of Poland
→
surface form: "German invasion of Poland"
World War II →
surface form: "World War II in Europe"
|
| victim | Poland → |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Unternehmen Himmler"