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Playing me: 45-60 min.

Players: 1-4

Age: +8

INTRODUCTION

German battleship ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ started the bombardment of Polish Military Transit

Depot on the 1st of September 1939 at 04:48 a.m. This was followed by the attack of the

Krigsmarine assault company, supported by Gdansk SS regiments. The double German

onslaught collapsed under continuous Polish defence fire. Each following day of defending

the Depot strengthened the morale of Polish soldiers. At the same time, the Germans

confronted with fierce resistance and well planned defence system were helpless. The

German Blitzkrieg turned into war of attrition, which could not be concluded by either

battleship bombardment on 1st of September, artillery bombardments from both land and

sea, or heavy air bombardments on the 2nd of September. The Westerplatte peninsula,

covered with bomb craters, was easier to defend. The morale of the defenders was rising,

and a small number of wounded soldiers did not significantly weaken the defence abilities

of Polish troops.

The German helplessness elicited Adolf Hitler’s fury. Unl the 7th of September, apart from

gathering informaon about their enemy, Germans did not manifest much acvity on land. Aer

the reconnaissance aack on the 7th of September, the Germans decided to block the Depot

without trying to conquer it. The Germans were waing for the outcome of bales for Gdynia

and Kepa Oksywska. The greater was their surprise when unexpectedly, above the barracks, no

ght occurred and the white ag was hanged out. The defenders were startled and despaired

aer the capitulaon was announced by the commander of the Depot: Henryk Sucharski.

I hope that thanks to ‘7 days of Westerplae’ – game which loosely refers to the history of

defending the Polish Military Transit Depot, many players (especially the young ones), will

become interested in this event of Polish history.

Mariusz Wojotowicz-Podhorski

The president of the Society for the Reconstrucon

of the Historical Military Transit Depot Westerplae.

www.westerplae.org

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