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