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.

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Label Occurrences
Gleiwitz incident canonical 10
German–Polish border incidents 1
Gleiwitz radio station attack 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf false flag operation
historical event
propaganda event
staged attack
alsoKnownAs Gleiwitz radio station attack
Gliwice incident
linked to: Gleiwitz incident
category Events preceding World War II
Nazi war crimes
Political deception
country Nazi Germany
date 1939-08-31
followedBy German invasion of Poland on 1939-09-01
linked to: Invasion of Poland
hasLanguageOfBroadcast German
Polish
historicalSignificance example of false flag operation in modern warfare
key propaganda element in Nazi justification for war
location Germany
Gleiwitz
Gleiwitz radio station
Upper Silesia
linked to: Prussian 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 Heinrich Himmler
linked to: HeinrichHimmler
organizedBy Alfred Naujocks
partOf Nazi German operations against Poland
Operation Himmler
perpetrator Gestapo
SS
plannedBy Reinhard Heydrich
linked to: ReinhardHeydrich
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 German invasion of Poland
linked to: Invasion of Poland

outbreak of World War II in Europe
victim concentration camp prisoners
year 1939

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Invasion of Poland precededBy Gleiwitz incident
Fall Weiss pretext Gleiwitz incident
Case White precededBy German–Polish border incidents
linked to: Gleiwitz incident
Case White precededBy Gleiwitz incident
Gleiwitz incident alsoKnownAs Gliwice incident
linked to: Gleiwitz incident
Plan White justificationUsedByGermany Gleiwitz incident
Gleiwitz radio station knownFor Gleiwitz incident
Operation Himmler hasPart Gleiwitz incident
Operation Himmler notableEvent Gleiwitz radio station attack
linked to: Gleiwitz incident
Alfred Naujocks notableFor Gleiwitz incident
Alfred Naujocks testifiedAbout Gleiwitz incident
Operation Konserve relatedTo Gleiwitz incident