31 August 1939
Invasion of Poland
The SS broadcasts a provocative message from Gleiwitz radio station
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Gleiwitz in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The SS broadcasts a provocative message from Gleiwitz radio station
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