The First Casualty of WW2 in Poland....

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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.

 

[B-17engineer]

Wasn't a little Polish girl the first kill of WWII?

 

[Thorlifter]

He looks old to be a corporal.

What does the tombstone say?

 

[syscom3]

So he was the first military casualty of WW2.

 

[syscom3]

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/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=143295

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michellesoemoe/2903702661/

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

 

[B-17engineer]

Thanks Sys!

 

[vikingBerserker]

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Vincenzo]

sure that first casualty was not german? in 20 minutes of fire no a mortal hit on enemyes?

 

[Gnomey]

 

[Clay_Allison]

He looks old to be a corporal.

What does the tombstone say?

Back then promotion was very slow in most armies. There were such things as career privates.

 

[trackend]

I would have thought the shells from the battleship Schleswig Holstein fired at the Westerplatte polish troop barracks would have caused the first casualties

 

[Glider]

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

 

[B-17engineer]

"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

 

[Lancaster630]

to all those killed in these opening moments and for the rest of the war lest we forget

 

[Ferdinand Foch]

Should have done this yesterday. To all those who lost their lives in Poland during the German/ Soviet invasion. Least we forget.

 

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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

Capt. Ignacy Skowron - one of three still living defenders of Westerplatte in 1939...

 

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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:

Axis History Forum • View topic - First War Casualty in Poland 1 September 1939?

A ten-year-old Polish girl named Kazimiera Mika, mourns the death of her older sister, who was killed in a field in Warsaw during a German air raid. on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Kazimiera Mika in 1939 with Julien Bryen and in 2009 in Warsaw....

 

[Lucky13]