Heydrich once again ordered his secret army to be on alert. At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the phone in the hotel room where Naujokes was staying in Gleiwitz rang sharply.
Naujoux hurriedly grabbed the slip, and a brief message came from it: "Please call me back!" and then said nothing.
Naujokes called the phone number in Adjutant Heydrich's office again, and heard the voice of the person just now: "Grandma has passed away!" These words came to his ears, and Naujokes immediately ordered his men to gather and meet with them.
It was agreed to take the car to occupy the radio station at 7:45. At this time, Mueller also started the car, preparing to transport the condemned prisoners.
At 8 o'clock, the postal box worker Foizi saw five people rushing into the radio equipment room and rushing to the studio. He asked in horror: "What can you do, gentlemen?"
Before he finished speaking, a gun was pointed at his chest. After a while, other staff members were also subdued, tied up, and thrown into the basement.
With great difficulty, Naujoks interrupted the ongoing broadcast. He took out his Polish speech and read it aloud.
He believed that the whole article, which was filled with war cries from Poland and insults to Germany, would have the intended effect. Four minutes later, the team left the radio station, leaving a death row prisoner brought from Mueller at the door.
At the same time, in two other places, disguised Polish troops and guerrillas also launched an "attack" against the German army. It looked like everything was real.
On the train transporting troops was written: Go to Poland and beat the Jews!
The German people were shocked, international public opinion was in an uproar, and Nazi Germany became a victim. This was the best effect Hitler wanted. The victims had the right to resist, and the German army rushed into Polish territory to seek justice.
When tanks rolled over the Polish soil and when the SS killed unarmed border residents, the Third Reich activated all its propaganda machines.
On September 1, 1939, the "Volkswagen Observer" published an article with the headline: "Polish thugs cross the border to invade Germany."
The report said that the Gronwitz incident was "clearly a signal for the Polish guerrillas to fully invade German territory." The "Black Regiment" newspaper reported: "The security inspection unit on duty in the border area rose up to meet the invaders. So far, the battle is still going on.
Continuing."
Foreign Minister Ribbentrop told the French ambassador that Polish troops invaded German territory from three areas. Göring told Swedish peace talk mediator Dallerus: "The reason why the war broke out was that the Poles attacked Glevi."
Radio Station."
Müller, the head of the Central Criminal Police Service, and his colleague Naby also led a criminal investigation team to conduct a criminal investigation into the truth about the so-called Polish invasion.
On August 31, Germany issued a sixteen-point proposal for the Polish government to consider; these sixteen-point proposals were for the record only. Before the proposal was sent to Warsaw, Hitler announced that it had been rejected, and he attempted to take advantage of this.
deceptive tactics to justify the onslaught on Poland that had taken place at this time.
A few minutes later, the Poles tasted for the first time the largest sudden death and destruction from the air in human history. Thousands of artillery fired along the border, and artillery shells rained down on the Polish army positions.
The German bombers flew roaring towards Poland, targeting Polish troops, arsenals, airports, railways, roads and bridges. The powerful Luftwaffe not only ranked first in Europe in terms of numbers, but also ranked far behind in terms of combat aircraft performance.
ahead of other European countries.
In the first battle, the Nazi army deployed more than 2,000 aircraft to carry out air attacks on 21 airports in Poland. More than 500 Polish front-line aircraft were blown up by German bombers at their own airports before they had time to take off; a few
The Polish planes that took off amid thick smoke and fire bravely rushed into the sky, causing the enemy to pay a certain price, but there was nothing they could do about it. In less than 48 hours, the Polish Air Force was destroyed.
While the German fascists were bombing the airport, they also used a large number of bombers to intensively attack Poland's strategic centers, transportation hubs and command institutions. Since most of the Polish army was deployed in the border areas and there were very few deep troops, a large number of aviation forces were used against the German army to attack deep strategic areas.
The lightning-fast air attack was carried out without any preparation for air defense. Countless artillery pieces, cars and other equipment were destroyed before they could retreat, and the troops fell into chaos.
German aircraft did not pose any ground threat. They were free to fly around and bomb wherever they wanted. Many pilots even dropped a bomb like setting off firecrackers during a holiday, hurriedly returned to reload, and then took off to bomb the next one.
Target!
Countless factories, schools, shops, and military camps in Poland were bombed, and fires broke out in more than 30 towns. The air raids instantly turned the beautiful Poland into a mess, and nearly 1 million soldiers who responded to the general mobilization order were blocked on the railway.
Countless people were killed, and more civilians were displaced and homeless.
At 4:17 a.m. on September 1, the German battleship "Schleswig-Holstein" anchored in Danze Port used its main gun to fire at the Westerplatte munitions depot on the Danzig Bay in Poland.
Fire violently.
When the violent explosion shook the Polish defenders from their sleep, the German special attack teams had already swarmed in from the narrow strip connecting Westerplatte to other parts of Danzig. The flames of war reflected the red sea.
It was 28 minutes ahead of the German ground forces' invasion of Poland.
The Baltic Surface Ships and Submarines Force, commanded by Vice Admiral of the Polish Navy Wizinow, is responsible for the defense of Heer, Gronia and Danzig. He commands a mixed force with a total number of approximately 20,000 people. This force
Deployed in Hera Peninsula and Gdynia and nearby areas.
For more than a month after that, the rumbling sound of gunfire continued, and gunpowder smoke filled the once peaceful ocean.
18 German bombers destroyed the Polish Navy and Air Force Base Puk, destroying the facilities in the base and all seaplanes. Under the attack of the Luftwaffe, all ships at the Gdynia Naval Base and Haier Base were evacuated to the sea, except for the old-fashioned ones.
The gunboats Masur and Nurek remained in Gdynia, using their five 75mm guns to support the Polish garrison in the Danzig area. Among the tree-shaded sand dunes along the Herre Peninsula, General Zozew's
The artillery occupied a superior firing position. The position was camouflaged by leaves and protected by reinforced concrete fortifications. This was a key part of the Zozev Line of Defense.
The caliber of the artillery ranges from 75 mm to 152 mm, which can sink any warship smaller than a cruiser, and can inflict heavy damage on warships with larger displacement. Poland hopes that these artillery positions can keep German warships out of the Park Sea and defend them.
Gdynia and cover minelaying operations.
However, Danzig is basically an undefended city. Its garrison consists of soldiers, sailors and armed postal workers. The number is less than 300, and its combat effectiveness is very poor. There are 182 soldiers stationed in Westerplatte, and the rest
They were dispersedly stationed at strategic points such as post offices and train stations. A long and narrow finger-shaped land controlled the entry port of Danzig Port, and the commander of the military depot, Major Sakask, was responsible for the garrison. It was not until before the war that the defenders urgently built some
There are bullet shelters and machine gun bunkers made of huge wooden masonry structures, and Sakask only has some 75mm guns and 81mm mortars. Warsaw does not have high expectations for these hundreds of soldiers, and they allow Sakask to
After a few hours of "symbolic resistance", he surrendered honorably.
The defenders of Westerplatt put up a heroic resistance and repelled two German attacks in succession.
About an hour later, along the 1,750-mile-long German-Polish border, the loud rumble of German tanks resounded through the sky. Under the cover of the German Air Force's fierce artillery fire on airports and key areas deep in Poland, German ground troops attacked from the north, west,
A full-line offensive was launched on three sides in the southwest. The German army, led by armored units and motorized units, quickly broke through the Polish defense line. In the north: the 1st Army of the 3rd Army commanded by Lieutenant General Küchler and Wödrig's Army fought from East Prussia.
Entering Poland, his 21st Army advanced southwestward deep into Poland and directly intercepted the "Modling" Army Group commanded by General Pszezimiski-Krukovic in Poland; General Kruger
The 4th Army was divided into three lines from Pomerania to Poland to defend the "German-Polish Corridor" of the "Pomeranian" Army Group commanded by General Botnowsky.
In the south: the German General Reichenau's 10th Army, under the jurisdiction of 5 corps: General Huth's 15th Motorized Army, General Schivedler's 4th Infantry Army, General Hoppler's 16th Army
The Armored Corps, General Lee Bo's 11th Infantry Army and General Wittschall's 14th Motorized Army, which followed, broke through the defense line of Polish General Rummel's "Lodz" group in several directions and headed towards Warsaw.
On the left wing is the advancing General Blaskowitz's 8th Army. The 8th Army has the 13th Army, the 10th Army, and the SS Motorized Division, providing deep echelon support for the entire Southern Army from the north.
Protected by General Lister's 14th Army on the long front along Germany, Czechoslovakia and Poland, the Polish army commanded "Cracow" under the command of General Schilling and "Cracow" under the command of General Kutsheba.
"Poznań" two armies launched an attack. The 14th Army was composed of General Boucher's 8th Army, General Kinnitz's 17th Army, General Kleist's 22nd Armored Corps, and General Bell's 18th Mountain Army.
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The German army's more than 3,800 tanks, with the cooperation of other arms, were overwhelming and unstoppable. Groups of fighter jets and bombers roared overhead, conducting reconnaissance and attacks, spreading fire and creating fear. An army of 1.5 million people in motor vehicles
, unified command and coordinated actions through a complex telecommunications system composed of radio, telephone and telegraph networks. A new battle mode called "Blitzkrieg". The Polish army fell into a completely passive situation.
The Polish army leaders originally thought that the war would unfold slowly as in the past, with the German army first carrying out vanguard activities with light infantry, and then attacking with heavy artillery.
As long as the Polish army carries out a resolute counterattack, it can achieve the victory that the Poles imagined!