Commemorations Take Place In Poland To Mark The 86th Anniversary Of The Outbreak Of World War II

GDANSK, POLAND - SEPTEMBER 1: Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk speaks during commemorations at Westerplatte on September 1, 2025 in Gdansk, Poland. Commemorations are being held to mark the 86th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War, when the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein shelled the Polish Military Transit Depot on Westerplatte in Gdansk on September 1, 1939. The attack represented the beginning of Germany's invasion of Poland, which resulted in declarations of war by France and Britain in the following days, before spiraling into the full-scale global conflict. (Photo by Mateusz Slodkowski/Getty Images)