Operation Canned Goods

GPTKB entity

Statements (20)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf false flag operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Operation_Himmler
gptkbp:date 31 August 1939
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Operation Canned Goods
gptkbp:location Gleiwitz, Germany (now Gliwice, Poland)
gptkbp:method staged attack on radio station
gptkbp:order gptkb:Heinrich_Himmler
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Operation_Himmler
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:plannedBy gptkb:Reinhard_Heydrich
gptkbp:purpose to fabricate a Polish attack on Germany
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Gleiwitz_incident
gptkbp:result used as pretext for German invasion of Poland
gptkbp:significance triggered the start of World War II
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkbp:usedIn Hitler's speech to Reichstag on 1 September 1939
gptkbp:victim Franciszek Honiok
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gleiwitz_incident
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7