Gleiwitz radio station attack

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf false flag operation
gptkbp:broadcastLanguage Polish
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Alfred_Naujocks
gptkbp:date 1939-08-31
gptkbp:historicalSignificance start of World War II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gleiwitz radio station attack
gptkbp:location Gleiwitz, Germany (now Gliwice, Poland)
gptkbp:method staged attack on radio station
gptkbp:notableFigure Heinrich Müller (Gestapo chief)
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Operation_Himmler
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:purpose to provide a pretext for the German invasion of Poland
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Invasion_of_Poland
gptkbp:relatedOrganization SS
gptkbp:result used as justification for the invasion of Poland
gptkbp:victim Polish civilians (used as props)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gleiwitz,_Germany
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7