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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish military installation ⓘ
military outpost ⓘ
associatedConflict Invasion of Poland ⓘ
associatedWar World War II ⓘ
associatedWith Westerplatte ⓘ
attackedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
attackedFrom German battleship Schleswig-Holstein ⓘ
attackedOn 1939-09-01 ⓘ
commander Franciszek Dąbrowski ⓘ
Henryk Sucharski ⓘ
controlledBy Polish Army ⓘ
country Second Polish Republic ⓘ
currentUse part of Westerplatte memorial site ⓘ
defenseDuration about seven days in September 1939 ⓘ
established 1926 ⓘ
establishedBy Poland ⓘ
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 ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Gdańsk ⓘ
locatedInPresentDayCountry Poland ⓘ
locatedOn Baltic Sea ⓘ
location Westerplatte Peninsula ⓘ
nearbyCity Gdańsk ⓘ
notableEvent Defense of Westerplatte ⓘ
notableStructure Guardhouse No. 1 ⓘ
Guardhouse No. 2 ⓘ
Guardhouse No. 3 ⓘ
Guardhouse No. 4 ⓘ
Guardhouse No. 5 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
roleInWorldWarII one of the first sites of armed resistance to the German invasion of Poland ⓘ
surrenderedOn 1939-09-07 ⓘ
symbolism symbol of Polish resistance ⓘ

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Westerplatte Peninsula → knownFor → Polish Military Transit Depot ⓘ
Westerplatte Peninsula → hasMilitaryFacility → Polish Military Transit Depot ⓘ
Danzig harbor → nearbyMilitaryInstallation → Westerplatte Polish Military Transit Depot ⓘ
linked to: Polish Military Transit Depot