Gdansk, Poland
GDANSK is a beautiful historic city in the north of Poland. It’s the location where WWII began.
Battle of Westerplatte
The peninsula of Westerplatte, is notable for the Polish Garrison, where a small force of Polish Soldiers, heavily outnumbered and outgunned – held off the vast German invasion forces for 7-days. Standing against naval and air bombardment, only surrendering after their depleted resistance became futile, when almost out of ammunition for their light weapons.
European Solidarity Centre
At the site of the Gdansk Shipyard, stands the European Solidarity Centre. Here the shipyard workers, led by the legends of the Solidarity movement, including Anna Walentynowicz, Lech Wałęsa, Andrzej Gwiazda, Bogdan Borusewicz, Alina Pienkowska, Bogdan Lis, the Wyszkowski brothers, Andrzej Kołodziej and others who demonstrated against the draconian government doctrines.
It is believed by many that this movement ended Russian domination of central and eastern Europe, which saw the fall of the Iron Curtain and the end of the USSR. It was hoped that this would lead to a democratic government in Russia. Unfortunately, the latter has yet to be realised.
Modern Gdansk
Gdansk was all but completely demolished during World War 2. Since then, rebuilt to its former architectural design. Walking the streets of this great city, it’s hard to believe almost everything you see is quite modern.
