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The Westerplatte was a low, mostly wooded, long peninsula with a length of around 2,000m and a maximum width of 600m. At the beginning of the 19th Century, the Poles and French secured the Westerplatte for defence against the advancing Russians. Shortly before World War I, Germany built a defence position on the seaward side. […]

Captain Collin received the attack order just before noon on September 5. It was quite brief. His company was instructed to capture two old forts dating from World War I on the western outskirts of the small town of Różan in northern Poland. The mission was clear and did not require much elaboration. Instead, Collin […]

The Westerplatte was a low, mostly wooded, long peninsula with a length of around 2,000m and a maximum width of 600m. At the beginning of the 19th Century, the Poles and French secured the Westerplatte for defence against the advancing Russians. Shortly before World War I, Germany built a defence position on the seaward side. […]