Gleiwitz incident
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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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gleiwitz incident canonical | 10 |
| German–Polish border incidents | 1 |
| Gleiwitz radio station attack | 1 |
| Gliwice incident | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
false flag operation
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ propaganda event ⓘ staged attack ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Gleiwitz radio station attack
ⓘ
Gleiwitz incident ⓘ
surface form:
Gliwice incident
|
| category |
Events preceding World War II
ⓘ
Nazi war crimes ⓘ Political deception ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| date | 1939-08-31 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Invasion of Poland
ⓘ
surface form:
German invasion of Poland on 1939-09-01
|
| hasLanguageOfBroadcast |
German
ⓘ
Polish ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
example of false flag operation in modern warfare
ⓘ
key propaganda element in Nazi justification for war ⓘ |
| location |
Germany
ⓘ
Gleiwitz radio station ⓘ
surface form:
Gleiwitz
Gleiwitz radio station ⓘ Prussian Silesia ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Silesia
|
| mediaTypeInvolved | radio broadcast ⓘ |
| method |
broadcast of anti-German statements in Polish
ⓘ
seizure of a German radio station ⓘ use of murdered prisoners as fake Polish attackers ⓘ |
| orderedBy |
HeinrichHimmler
ⓘ
surface form:
Heinrich Himmler
|
| organizedBy | Alfred Naujocks ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nazi German operations against Poland
ⓘ
Operation Himmler ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Gestapo
ⓘ
SS ⓘ |
| plannedBy |
ReinhardHeydrich
ⓘ
surface form:
Reinhard Heydrich
|
| pretextFor | Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to fabricate Polish aggression against Germany
ⓘ
to justify German military action against Poland ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Invasion of Poland
ⓘ
Nazi propaganda ⓘ Operation Himmler ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| result |
German propaganda claim of Polish attack
ⓘ
international misrepresentation of Polish responsibility ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
eve of World War II
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| usedAsPretextFor |
Invasion of Poland
ⓘ
surface form:
German invasion of Poland
outbreak of World War II in Europe ⓘ |
| victim | concentration camp prisoners ⓘ |
| year | 1939 ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
German–Polish border incidents
this entity surface form:
Gliwice incident
this entity surface form:
Gleiwitz radio station attack