Monday, September 1, 2014

Polish and German presidents at Westerplatte

Today is the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War.

On September 1, 1939 the German Army invaded Poland.      

The Polish and German presidents were in Gdansk today to recall the event.

The German ship Schleswig Holstein fired the first shots of the war at the Polish military transit depot at Westerplatte.

German President Gauck spoke of the close friendship between Poland and Germany today. He alluded to the unrest in eastern Ukraine.

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