All over Poland today ceremonies will take place marking the memory of the beginning of World War II when the Nazis fired the first shots into the Westerplatte garrison on the Baltic coast.
On Sept. 1 1939, at about 4:50 a.m, a German battleship (the Schleswig-Holstein) on a courtesy visit to the Polish harbour at the Free City of Danzig (now Gdansk) opened fire without warning on the Polish garrison of Westerplatte.
This event was part of the Nazi German and Soviet invasion of Poland which effectively led to the start of the Second World War which would last until 1945.
In Poland today, people will gather at ceremonies throughout the country to mark the day the Nazi's invaded.
The Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski and the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk are to attend a ceremony taking place at Monument Square at Westerplatte near the city of Gdansk.
In Warsaw a ceremony took place to lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
The ruins of the garrison of Westerplatte remain as a reminder of the day war broke out in Europe.
The Invasion of Poland lasted from 1st September 1939 - 6th October 1939 when Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of the country of Poland.
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1st September 1939, the Polish garrison of Westerplatte is attacked by Nazi Germany in one of the first acts of the Invasion of Poland, which began WWII
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The ruins of the bombed garrison of Westerplatte remain today as a reminder
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