<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" id="mwnQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> mounts a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_flag" id="mwng" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="False flag">false flag</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleiwitz_incident" id="mwnw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gleiwitz incident">attack on the Gleiwitz radio station</a>, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_theatre_of_World_War_II" id="mwoA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="European theatre of World War II">World War II in Europe</a>.