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The '''Gleiwitz Incident''' was a [[false flag]] operation carried out by the [[Nazi]]s on the evening of August 31, 1939. One of several similar incidents taking place around that time, all involving [[Germany]] and [[Poland]], the goal was to gain sympathy and to provide a ''[[casus belli]]'' for a Nazi invasion of [[Poland]], which would start the next day and ultimately lead to [[World War ii]].
The incident involved a group of Nazis, dressed as Polish soldiers, that "attacked" a German radio station, ''Sender Gleiwitz''. The "attack" was little more than a short seizure followed by a Polish anti-German radio broadcast; there were no actual casualties from the Nazi side.
In order to make the attack believable, the [[Gestapo]] murdered a German farmer who was a known Polish sympathizer, along with several prisoners from the [[Dachau]] [[concentration camp]] who were drugged, shot at the site and deliberately disfigured, then presented the bodies as "evidence" of a Polish attack on Germany.
International reaction to the incident was one of skepticism, especially as no independent investigation was permitted.
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:Fourth Generation Warfare]]
The incident involved a group of Nazis, dressed as Polish soldiers, that "attacked" a German radio station, ''Sender Gleiwitz''. The "attack" was little more than a short seizure followed by a Polish anti-German radio broadcast; there were no actual casualties from the Nazi side.
In order to make the attack believable, the [[Gestapo]] murdered a German farmer who was a known Polish sympathizer, along with several prisoners from the [[Dachau]] [[concentration camp]] who were drugged, shot at the site and deliberately disfigured, then presented the bodies as "evidence" of a Polish attack on Germany.
International reaction to the incident was one of skepticism, especially as no independent investigation was permitted.
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:Fourth Generation Warfare]]