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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Generate an image of the Gleiwitz incident (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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

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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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ