Polish Military Transit Depot
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The Polish Military Transit Depot was a Polish military outpost on the Westerplatte Peninsula that became famous as one of the first sites of armed resistance against the German invasion at the start of World War II.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Westerplatte Polish Military Transit Depot | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Polish military installation
ⓘ
military outpost ⓘ |
| associatedConflict | Invasion of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWar | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Westerplatte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attackedBy | Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attackedFrom | German battleship Schleswig-Holstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attackedOn | 1939-09-01 ⓘ |
| commander |
Franciszek Dąbrowski
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henryk Sucharski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Polish Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Second Polish Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentUse | part of Westerplatte memorial site ⓘ |
| defenseDuration | about seven days in September 1939 ⓘ |
| established | 1926 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fortifications |
ammunition bunkers
ⓘ
artillery and machine‑gun positions ⓘ barracks ⓘ guardhouses ⓘ |
| garrisonSize | approximately 200 soldiers in 1939 ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | site of national remembrance in Poland ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
League of Nations decision
ⓘ
agreements between Poland and the Free City of Danzig ⓘ |
| legalStatus | extraterritorial military depot ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Free City of Danzig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Gdańsk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDayCountry | Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Baltic Sea ⓘ |
| location | Westerplatte Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Gdańsk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Defense of Westerplatte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStructure |
Guardhouse No. 1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guardhouse No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Guardhouse No. 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Guardhouse No. 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Guardhouse No. 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ barracks complex ⓘ officers' villa ⓘ |
| prewarStatus | Polish enclave within the Free City of Danzig ⓘ |
| purpose |
storage of military materiel
ⓘ
transit of Polish military supplies ⓘ |
| region | Pomerania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWorldWarII | one of the first sites of armed resistance to the German invasion of Poland ⓘ |
| surrenderedOn | 1939-09-07 ⓘ |
| symbolism | symbol of Polish resistance ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Westerplatte Polish Military Transit Depot