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The Free City of Danzig (German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk) was a city-state under the protection and oversight of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and nearly 200 other small localities in the surrounding areas. [4]
Free City of Danzig within Europe, circa 1930: Image title: A political map of Europe circa 1930, highlighting the Free City of Danzig. This map is based upon Blank map of Europe.svg, info of which follows: A blank Map of Europe. Every country has an id which is its ISO-3166-1-ALPHA2 code in lower case.
The Nazis increased their requests for the incorporation of the Free City of Danzig into Germany, citing the "protection" of the German majority as a motive. [101] In November 1938, Danzig's district administrator, Albert Forster , reported to the League of Nations that Hitler had told him Polish frontiers would be guaranteed if the Poles were ...
Männer, Meer und Stürme. Ein Film von der Romantik und dem Leben an Bord eines Segelschiffes: Heinrich Hauser and Hubert Schonger Men, Sea and Storm: A Film of the Romance and the Life Onboard a Segelship; 18 min documentary about Kriegsmarine: Märkische Fahrt: Kurt Rupli: Documentary Much Ado About Nixi: Erich Engel: Jenny Jugo, Albert ...
On 8 January 1918, the U.S. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the 14 Points as the American war aims. Point 13 called for Polish independence to be restored after the war and for Poland to have "free and secure access to the sea", a statement that implied the German deep-water port of Danzig (modern Gdańsk, Poland), located at a strategic location where a branch of the river Vistula flows ...
The Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig was one of the first acts of World War II in Europe, as part of the September Campaign. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] : 39, 42 On 1 September 1939 the Invasion of Poland was initiated by Germany when the battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the Polish-controlled harbor of Danzig , around 04:45–48 hours.
Five Graves to Cairo is a 1943 war film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Franchot Tone and Anne Baxter.Set in World War II, it is one of a number of films based on Lajos Bíró's 1917 play Hotel Imperial: Színmű négy felvonásban, including the 1927 film Hotel Imperial.
They are able to photograph a map showing troop disposition, and also extract a great deal of information from the unwary Nazis, who suspect them of being either Gestapo or counter espionage. Annoyed, General von Reichman puts in a call to Berlin. The agents locate a secret aerodrome, built into a cliffside so that it cannot be bombed.