SMS Schleswig-Holstein
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SMS Schleswig-Holstein was the last of the five pre-dreadnought Deutschland-class battleships built by the German Kaiserliche Marine. The ship, named for the province of Schleswig-Holstein, was laid d
Schleswig-Holstein in the late 1930s
Schleswig-Holstein transiting the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal in 1932
Schleswig-Holstein shelling Polish positions in Westerplatte, September 1939
Schleswig-Holstein off the coast of Denmark during Operation Weserübung, 9 April 1940
Invasion of Poland
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The invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939, was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and
SMS Schleswig-Holstein
…then demanded German control over the city of Danzig, which had become a free city after World War I. Early on 1 September 1939, Germany launched an invasion of Poland. Schleswig-Holstein had been positioned in the port of Danzig, moored close to the Polish ammunition depot at Westerplatte under the guise of a ceremonial…
Vyacheslav Molotov signs the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, a German–Soviet non-aggression pact.
Polish Infantry
Polish PZL.37 Łoś bomber aircraft in 1939
Peking Plan: Polish destroyers evacuate the Baltic Sea en route to the United Kingdom.