what was the reason behind this invasion?
The Gleiwitz incident was a false flag attack on the German radio station "Sender Gleiwitz", staged by Nazi Germany on the night of 31 August 1939. The attack was manufactured by Germany as a "casus belli" to justify the invasion of Poland, which began the next morning. The attackers posed as Polish nationals.
Gleiwitz incident
The Gleiwitz incident (; ) was a false flag attack on the German radio station "Sender Gleiwitz", staged by Nazi Germany on the night of 31 August 1939. Along with some two dozen similar incidents, the attack was manufactured by Germany as a "casus belli" to justify the invasion of Poland, which began the next morning. The attackers posed as Polish nationals.
the u.s. manhattan project of 1945 was responsible for developing nuclear weapons. which war were these weapons used in? World War II when did this war take place? 1 September 1939 to 1945 any particular incident that started the war? On 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland after having staged several false flag border incidents as a pretext to initiate the invasion.
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Gleiwitz incident [SEP] Introduction
The Gleiwitz incident (; ) was a false flag attack on the German radio station "Sender Gleiwitz", staged by Nazi Germany on the night of 31 August 1939. Along with some two dozen similar incidents, the attack was manufactured by Germany as a "casus belli" to justify the invasion of Poland, which began the next morning. The attackers posed as Polish nationals. During his declaration of war, Hitler did not mention the Gleiwitz incident but grouped all provocations staged by the SS as an alleged Polish assault on Germany. The Gleiwitz incident is the best-known action of Operation Himmler, a series of special operations undertaken by the "Schutzstaffel" (SS) to serve Nazi German propaganda at the outbreak of war.