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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi Germany war crime ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Nazi ideology of Lebensraum ⓘ
conflict German–Polish War of 1939 ⓘ
linked to: Invasion of Poland
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 ⓘ
escalation of German–British tensions ⓘ
incorporation of Danzig into the Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia ⓘ
outbreak of World War II ⓘ
violation of international agreements ⓘ
legalStatus illegal under international law ⓘ
location Baltic Sea coast ⓘ
Danzig ⓘ
linked to: Gdańsk

Pomerania ⓘ
opposedBy France ⓘ
League of Nations ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf German invasion of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Invasion of Poland

Nazi territorial expansion in the late 1930s ⓘ
World War II in Europe ⓘ
linked to: World War II
pointInTime 1939 ⓘ
precededBy 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 ⓘ
France ⓘ
League of Nations ⓘ
Nazi Party ⓘ
Polish government ⓘ
Senate of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
startTime 1939-09-01 ⓘ
temporalContext early phase of World War II ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ

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Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig → dissolvedFollowing → German annexation of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Memelland → historicalEvent → Annexation by Nazi Germany in 1939 ⓘ
linked to: German annexation of the Free City of Danzig
Überfall auf Polen → cause → Danzig-Krise ⓘ
linked to: German annexation of the Free City of Danzig