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Originally Posted by Nightshift
Another interesting fact, does anyone know who and where the first shot was fired in anger at the beginning of WWII? I will leave this a little while to see if any one knows.
Cheers, Dennis.
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Hi,
Well, from Point Nepean, Victoria, according to one source, but not at the Axis! It was fired across the bows of a poor little coastal steamer which was very much Aussie! However this incident was 2 days late for the honour.
It is generally agreed the first shot was fired by the old dreadnought SMS Schleswig-Holstein at Danzig, Sept 1 1939, against a Polish barracks. This ship then took no further part in the war until sunk in 1945.
Cheers