<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwrA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: Following the start of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" id="mwrQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Invasion of Poland">invasion of Poland</a> the previous day, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_City_of_Danzig" id="mwrg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Free City of Danzig">Free City of Danzig</a> (now <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gdańsk" id="mwrw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gdańsk">Gdańsk</a>, Poland) is annexed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" id="mwsA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>.