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Top: This was how the WW2 started: German BB Schleswig-Holstein firing at Polish military depot at Westerplatte, 1939-09-01.
Middle: DD ORP Wicher (Gale) sunk by German Ju-87 in October 1939 at Hel.
Bottom: Minelayer ORP Gryf (Griffon) also destroyed by German bombers in 1939.