The game that takes on the Nazis: 'I wanted to show Poland's heroism'
by Owen Duffy from Technology | The Guardian on (#7X4G)
Seven Days of Westerplatte is a passion project highlighting Polish resistance in the second world war - despite its creator being born 44 years after it finished
On 1 September, 1939, the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the Polish military depot at Westerplatte. The attack marked the beginning of Hitler's invasion of Poland, and with it the second world war.
For the small Polish garrison, the odds seemed overwhelming. Just 209 men found themselves besieged by over 3,000 German troops.
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