Kapitulacja Westerplatte

Scena pochodzi z filmu "Westerplatte", z roku 1976, i przedstawia scenę kapitulacji załogi placówki. Mnie szczególnie urzekła scena kiedy Niemiecki dowódca pyta się majora Sucharskiego czy warto było tak długo się bronić, i nie dostaje żadnej odpowiedzi./
At the end of August 1939 the German pre-dreadnought battleship Schleswig-Holstein came to Danzig (Gdańsk) under the pretext of a "courtesy visit" and anchored in the channel near Westerplatte. On September 1, 1939, at 0445 local time, as Germany began its invasion of Poland, Schleswig-Holstein suddenly started to shell the Polish garrison with its 280 mm and 150 mm guns.

This sneak attack was followed by an attack by German naval infantry who were hoping for an easy victory, but soon after crossing the artillery fire-breached brick wall they were ambushed and repelled by the Polish small arms, mortar, and machine gun fire from a concealed and well-positioned firing points (crossfire tactics). Another two assaults that day were repelled as well, with the Germans suffering unexpectedly high losses. The only Polish field gun was put out of the action after firing 28 shells at German positions across the channel (silencing several firing positions and hitting a command post). Defenders also counter-attacked and destroyed a German police guard post using hand grenades, but two Poles were mortally wounded in this action. On the first day, the Polish side lost one man killed and seven wounded (three of which died later, including two captured who died in a German hospital), while the German marines alone lost 17 men killed and 54 seriously wounded out of 225 deployed (company commander was also mortally wounded); in all, 40-50 troops were killed according the German sources.[2] The German losses would have been even greater if not for the order by Sucharski for the mortars to cease fire in order to conserve ammunition after just a few salvos (because of this order only 104 out of 860 grenades were fired when the mortars were destroyed the next day).

Over the following days, the Germans bombarded the peninsula with naval and heavy field artillery, including 210 mm howitzers. A devastating dive-bombing raid by Ju 87 Stukas on September 2 (26.5 tons of bombs in two waves) destroyed the Polish mortars, directly hit one guardhouse with a 500 kg bomb (destroying it completely), killed at least eight soldiers, and shocked Major Sucharski, after which Captain Dąbrowski took over command of Westerplatte. After the Stuka raids, which covered the whole area in an enormous cloud of smoke, the Germans believed that no one could possibly have survived it; however, it later turned out the relatively few Polish soldiers were killed and the defence was not broken. Repeated day-time and night-time attacks by the German naval infantry, Danzig SS and police, and Wehrmacht (including an attempt of a cross-channel desant), were again repelled by the Poles with a considerable German losses, but nowhere close to the scale of the disaster suffered on September 1. A German armoured draisine was also hit and destroyed by a Polish AT gun.In all, approximately 3,400 Germans (including support troops) were tied-up by being engaged in the week-long action against the 182-strong Polish garrison. On September 7, Major Sucharski reclaimed some of his mental stability and decided to quit what he decided was the hopeless fight. Even though many of his officers and soldiers were against the idea, he surrendered the Military Transit Depot on the same day. The Polish defence impressed the German commanders so much that the German commander, General Friedrich Eberhardt (later the military governor of Kiev during the Soviet-German War), allowed Sucharski to retain his ceremonial szabla (Polish sabre) in captivity.

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[wladys678]

@Wieland1985 I dont exactly know what are you talking about, I dont know your language, but I can smell foul. By the way, Polish language is rich, beautiful and classic, it has one of the richest literatures of all languages of on Earth. I won't comment on your language, it is below my standard to denigrate any language. You only telling us what kind of civilisation you are in.

[wladys678]

@IustitiaPax Do you think Iustitia/historatia,that you can win against the truth?the long suppressed truth that Slavs are the indigenous population of Europe for 3 thousand years is making its way faster now,it is going to win wether you wish it or not. They lived there as farmers,they produced large quantity of iron for export to ancient Rome from lands of current Poland.The land of Kielce,traditionally rich in iron ore was their center.

[alanheath]

It is rather ironic that Westerplatte was only granted to Poland by the League of Nations because of communist based trade unions in Gdańsk who refused to ship arms through the port during the Polish - Bolshevik war. No doubt the Nazis did not mention that.

[90iro]

@CZ3SI0 ty szkopie delikatnie mówiąc Gdańsk jest był i będzie polski doucz się historii lepiej

[zomo67]

@CZ3SI0 Deutsche schweine gdańsk , Westerplatte jest dlla nas Polaków symbolem walki z niemieckimi skurwysynami a w Warszawie zatłuczono więcej bydlaków w mundurach SS wermachtu i policji niz we wszystkich innych okupowanych stolicach europy

[zlinn71]

@RitterDesHimmels - Yes, yes, yes and no, yes and no, yes and no, no - hope that clears up your confusion

[DjTowotDjWania]

chwała bohaterom

[SocjalNR]

@CZ3SI0 w twoich marzeniach volksdeutschu :D

[CZ3SI0]

@SocjalNR Pierdol sie palancie GDAŃSK JEST WOLNY TY POLSKA SWINIO

[BcallingDB]

Deutsch Reich = futsch Reich

[szopq]

@HeiligesReich2 Ja ja, meine kleine Deutsche Maedchen. Ihr habt schon eine gute Asskicking von Uns. Warum wurdest du noch ein mal? Muslems werden euch fressen zu erst. Besser hab Angst!

[CRACOVIA1515]

Prussia originally was made of Baltic Prussians and then German settlers came and committed genocide. Now Baltic Prussians are extinct thanks to the Germans.