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08-31-2009, 04:19 PM
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| The First Casualty of WW2 in Poland.... Corporal Piotr Konieczka was the first Polish military casualty. He was KIA at 1:40 during the night from 31st of August to 1st of September by German saboteurs from "V Column", who attacked his post in village Jeziorki at 1:20. At 1:35 after 15 minutes of fierce combat few Polish defenders withdrew, only Konieczka with his machine gun remained. Around 1:40 he was heavily WIA by a single enemy bullet and fell down. Soon after that German bayonets finished him off. 
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08-31-2009, 04:32 PM
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 | Wasn't a little Polish girl the first kill of WWII? |
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08-31-2009, 04:36 PM
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| He looks old to be a corporal. What does the tombstone say?
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08-31-2009, 04:43 PM
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| So he was the first military casualty of WW2.
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08-31-2009, 04:52 PM
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| Heres the Polish girl that might be considered as being among the first civilian casualties of the war. Theres a story about this picture at: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtop...?f=55&t=143295 http://www.flickr.com/photos/michellesoemoe/2903702661/
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08-31-2009, 05:45 PM
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08-31-2009, 07:07 PM
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08-31-2009, 07:45 PM
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09-01-2009, 04:09 AM
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09-01-2009, 07:32 AM
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| sure that first casualty was not german? in 20 minutes of fire no a mortal hit on enemyes? |
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09-01-2009, 08:00 AM
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09-01-2009, 09:53 AM
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09-01-2009, 10:51 AM
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| I would have thought the shells from the battleship Schleswig Holstein fired at the Westerplatte polish troop barracks would have caused the first casualties |
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09-01-2009, 11:12 AM
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| Attached is a link that gives details of the attack by the Schleswig-Holstein. There can be no doubt that these 187 soldiers put up a fight. BBC NEWS | Europe | Poland remembers World War start |
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09-01-2009, 11:14 AM
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| "The 182 Polish troops defending the Polish fort were expected to resist for about 12 hours. Despite coming under fire from the air, sea and land, they held out against a force of more than 3,000 Germans for seven days." Wow |
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