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 From Memel to Danzig

Map displays the route taken by the Schleswig-Holstein from Swinemunde, Germany, to Memel in order to load troops and weapons for the  attack on Westerplatte. Blue represents the trip to Memel, and the yellow indicates the trip back to Danzig. Rendevous point is reached on August 24, and the arrival in Danzig is on August 25, 1939. The next morning, the old battleship appeared with an escort of trawlers and tugboats Danzig and Albert Forster. Backing into the Neufarwasser wharf, she was greeted loudly by  thousands of German supporters had been waiting. The naval cadets, standing at attention, reveled in the scene: red flags with swastkas on the white circles, shouting of Heil Hitler - Sieg Heill!

Linienschiff Schleswig Holstein.

Front jacket illustration from book.

Danzig Study Group U.S.A.
Danzig Report Nr. 154 - October - November - December - 2011, Page 8.