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23 Sep 1922

Poland
23 Apr 1923

Poland
13 Aug 1923

Poland
12 Jul 1940

Poland
3 Dec 1940

Poland
  • German armed merchant cruiser Kormoran departed Gotenhafen (Gdynia), occupied Poland to raid Allied shipping, carrying supplies for 12 months, 280 naval mines, 40 land mines, and spare parts and torpedoes to supply submarines. ww2dbase [Deutsche Werke Gotenhafen | Kormoran | Gdynia, Pomorskie | CPC]
17 Mar 1941

Poland
5 May 1941

Photo(s) dated 5 May 1941
Adolf Hitler inspecting battleship Bismarck with Admiral Günther Lutjens and Captain Ernst Lindemann, Gdynia (Gotenhafen), occupied Poland, 5 May 1941, photo 1 of 2Adolf Hitler inspecting battleship Bismarck with Admiral Günther Lutjens and Captain Ernst Lindemann, Gdynia (Gotenhafen), occupied Poland, 5 May 1941, photo 2 of 2Adolf Hitler inspecting battleship Bismarck with Captain Ernst Lindemann, Gdynia (Gotenhafen), occupied Poland, 5 May 1941
18 May 1941

Poland
19 May 1941

Poland
  • Battleship Bismarck departed Gotenhafen (Gdynia), occupied Poland at 0200 hours and made rendezvous with heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and destroyers Z-16 Friedrich Eckoldt and Z-23 off Rügen Island at 1200 hours. At 2230 hours, destroyer Z-10 Hans Lody joined the group. ww2dbase [Bismarck | Deutsche Werke Gotenhafen | Gdynia, Pomorskie | CPC]
7 Nov 1941

Poland
4 Apr 1942

Poland
27 Aug 1942

Poland
9 Oct 1943

Poland
  • The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against the port facilities at Gdynia, Poland. This would not only be the longest mission of the war for the 306th at over 1,600 miles round trip but would also be the group's farthest strike east. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Gdynia | DS]
14 May 1944

Poland
  • Steam tug Anton collided with U-1234 off Gdynia, Poland at 2300 hours, sinking the submarine. 13 were killed. ww2dbase [U-1234 | Gdynia, Pomorskie | CPC]
1 Jun 1944

Poland
26 Jun 1944

Poland
1 Jul 1944

Poland
31 Jul 1944

Poland
6 Aug 1944

Poland
  • In an Operation Frantic mission, 75 B-17s from England bombed aircraft factories at Gdynia and Rahmel, Poland and flew on to bases in Ukraine. 23 B-17s were damaged. Escort was provided by 154 P-51s. 4 P-51s were lost and 1 was damaged beyond repair. Further, 60 fighters from the previous day’s strike took off from Operation Frantic bases in Ukraine, attacked Craiova railway marshalling yard and other railway targets in the Bucharest-Ploesti, Romania area, and landed at bases in Italy. ww2dbase [Operation Frantic | P-51 Mustang | B-17 Flying Fortress | Gdynia | DS]
23 Oct 1944

Poland
18 Dec 1944

Poland
  • British bombers raided Gdynia, Poland (Gotenhafen), fatally damaging German torpedo boat T10. ww2dbase [T10 | Gdynia, Pomorskie | CPC]
19 Dec 1944

Poland
  • T10 sank at Gdynia, Poland (Gotenhafen) as the result of a British raid on the previous day. ww2dbase [T10 | Gdynia, Pomorskie | CPC]
3 Feb 1945

Poland
5 Feb 1945

Poland
26 Mar 1945

Poland
  • Soviet forces captured Gotenhafen (Gdynia), occupied Poland, including the city's important shipyard and seaport facilities, although much of it were now damaged from sabotage and fighting. The harbor was now also blocked by a the sunken battlecruiser Gneisenau. ww2dbase [Deutsche Werke Gotenhafen | East Pomeranian Offensive | Gdynia, Pomorskie | CPC]
28 Mar 1945

Poland
15 Jun 2019

Photo(s) dated 15 Jun 2019
Polish sailor aboard ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019Pistolet wz. 35 Vis semi-automatic pistol on display at ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019Battle flag of the destroyer ORP Piorun (Thunderer), famous for engaging the battleship Bismarck, on display at ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019A list of action which Blyskawica participated, on display at ORP Blyskawica, Gdynia, Poland, 15 Jun 2019
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Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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