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
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
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
5 Mar 1945

Poland
  • Fortress Graudenz in occupied Poland was captrued by Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front. At the Oksywie Heights near Gotenhafen, Ostpreußen (East Prussia), Germany (Gdynia, occupied Poland), 30,000 people were evacuated by ships on the previous day and this date. ww2dbase [East Prussian Offensive | Graudenz, Pomorskie | TH]
11 Mar 1945

Poland
15 Mar 1945

Poland
20 Mar 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 [East Pomeranian Offensive | Deutsche Werke Gotenhafen | 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
See all photos dated 15 Jun 2019

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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