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Monday, 7 January 2013
Where Did WWII Begin?
Gliwice Radio Tower, formerly located
in southeast Germany but today a part of Poland, is the second tallest
wooden structure in the world connected only by brass bolts. On
August 31, 1939 German SS men dressed as Polish soldiers staged a false siege on the radio
tower and broadcast anti-German propaganda over the radio. This ploy was in turn
used as propaganda by the Germans that Poland was showing hostilities and aggression towards
Germany. The next day, on September 1, 1939 Hitler began his invasion
of Poland and the subsequent start of WWII.
Gliwice Radio Tower, formerly located
in southeast Germany but today a part of Poland, is the second tallest
wooden structure in the world connected only by brass bolts. On
August 31, 1939 German SS men dressed as Polish soldiers staged a false siege on the radio
tower and broadcast anti-German propaganda over the radio. This ploy was in turn
used as propaganda by the Germans that Poland was showing hostilities and aggression towards
Germany. The next day, on September 1, 1939 Hitler began his invasion
of Poland and the subsequent start of WWII.
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