On 31st August 1939, Nazi forces posing as Poles attacked a radio transmission tower in Gleiwitz (now Gliwice) and broadcast an anti-German message in Polish. This was then used as justification for the invasion of Poland on the following day (1 September), which marked the beginning of WWII. Not a nice episode in history, but one that shouldn't be forgotten.
I visited this radio tower back in July, and took these images. It's built entirely from wood, and at 118 m, it's the tallest wooden structure in Europe. Surprisingly, it survived the war intact.
So that's where it all began. That is interesting.
Bitter experience has taught me you never want to be hanging around a radio or TV
station when a war or coup starts. They are often the initial target of choice for
a commando raid and of course they like to keep these things a surprise.
