The victor will not be asked whether he told the truth.” “I will provide a propagandistic casus belli,” Hitler told his generals on Aug.
It was part of a series of false-flag attacks that the Germans staged against themselves during a clever deception dubbed “Operation Himmler.” Nazi High Command used several “border incidents” to create the appearance of Polish aggression to justify Hitler’s invasion into Poland, sparking the beginning of World War II.
However, the attack was not carried out by willing Polish participants.
The Gleiwitz radio tower is the tallest wooden structure in Europe. “Within a quarter of an hour, say reports, the Poles were overpowered by German police who opened fire on them.” Historic radio station tower in Gliwice, formerly called Gleiwitz, Poland. “The German News Agency reports the attack came at about 8pm this evening when the Poles forced their way into the studio and began broadcasting a statement in Polish,” the BBC Broadcast in London issued in a statement. The reporters arrived in the aftermath to witness a scene showing several dead corpses wearing Polish uniforms. 31, the day prior to the declaration, American newspapers reported Polish insurgents and army troops clashed with the German police at the Gleiwitz radio station along the Polish-German border. 1, 1939, read, “German Army Attacks Poland Cities Bombed, Port Blockaded Danzig Is Accepted into Reich.”Īdolf Hitler, the chancellor of Germany, broadcast a clear message to the world when he announced, “From now on bomb will be met by bomb.”
The front page of The New York Times on Sept.