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'''Gdańsk''' (German: ''Danzig'') is a Polish city and major port located on the [[Baltic Sea]], the city has a population of 463,754 (2016). The city formed part of [[Prussia]] and [[Germany]] until 1919.  Article 102 of the [[Treaty of Versailles]] established Gdańsk, although having a majority German population, as a "Free City" under the protection of the League of Nations in order to provide the newly-independent [[Poland]] with a sea port not controlled by Germany.  In the late 1930s the [[Nazi]]'s preponderance in the city, and of the "[[Polish Corridor]]" (Polish land separating Gdańsk and [[East Prussia]] from the rest of Germany), and Germany's proposal to annex Gdańsk while providing Poland with a permanent free port and other concessions in exchange for Germany recognizing and guaranteeing existing German-Poland frontiers, was called an aggressive posture by Germany by the then-current Polish ambassador.  Soon the Polish government manoeuvred in ways seeming to try to remove League of Nations protection altogether.

'''Gdańsk''' (German: ''Danzig'') is a Polish city and major port located on the [[Baltic Sea]], the city has a population of 463,754 (2016). The city formed part of [[Prussia]] and [[Germany]] until 1919.  Article 102 of the [[Treaty of Versailles]] established Gdańsk, although having a majority German population, as a "Free City" under the protection of the League of Nations in order to provide the newly independent [[Poland]] with a sea port not controlled by Germany.  In the late 1930s the [[Nazi]]'s preponderance in the city, and of the "[[Polish Corridor]]" (Polish land separating Gdańsk and [[East Prussia]] from the rest of Germany), and Germany's proposal to annex Gdańsk while providing Poland with a permanent free port and other concessions in exchange for Germany recognizing and guaranteeing existing German-Poland frontiers, was called an aggressive posture by Germany by the then-current Polish ambassador.  Soon the Polish government manoeuvred in ways seeming to try to remove League of Nations protection altogether.

The first shots of the [[Second World War]] in [[Europe]] were fired in Gdańsk, as German warships attacked a Polish garrison in the port. Following the defeat of Poland, Gdańsk was reincorporated into the Reich, but on Germany's defeat in 1945 it was ceded to Poland again.

The first shots of the [[Second World War]] in [[Europe]] were fired in Gdańsk, as German warships attacked a Polish garrison in the port. Following the defeat of Poland, Gdańsk was reincorporated into the Reich, but on Germany's defeat in 1945 it was ceded to Poland again.