Gleiwitz incident
1939 staged attack by Nazi forces
(Redirected from Attack on Sender Gleiwitz)
The Gleiwitz incident was a planned German attack against the radio station "Sender Gleiwitz" in the German town of Gliwice on the night of August 31, 1939. This attack along with other Nazi activities was used to make people think that Poland attacked Germany and that Poland, not Germany started World War II.