page_title: Westerplatte
hierarchical_section_title: Westerplatte
caption_attribution_description: English: Westerplatte-Monument nearby Gdańsk Deutsch: Das Westerplatte-Denkmal bei Danzig Polski: Pomnik Obrońców Wybrzeża, Gdańsk Русский: Памятник защитникам побережья на полуострове Вестерплатте вблизи Гданьска
context_page_description: Westerplatte is a peninsula in Gdańsk, Poland, located on the Baltic Sea coast mouth of the Dead Vistula, in the Gdańsk harbour channel. From 1926 to 1939 it was the location of a Polish Military Transit Depot, sanctioned within the territory of the Free City of Danzig.
  It is famous for the Battle of Westerplatte, which was the first clash between Polish and German forces during the invasion of Poland and thus the first battle of the European theater of World War II.
context_section_description: Westerplatte is a peninsula in Gdańsk, Poland, located on the Baltic Sea coast mouth of the Dead Vistula (one of the Vistula delta estuaries), in the Gdańsk harbour channel. From 1926 to 1939 it was the location of a Polish Military Transit Depot (WST), sanctioned within the territory of the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk).
  It is famous for the Battle of Westerplatte, which was the first clash between Polish and German forces during the invasion of Poland and thus the first battle of the European theater of World War II.
caption: Westerplatte Monument in memory of the Polish defenders
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