 Westerplatte - a peninsula at the entry to Gdansk Harbour. A Polish ammunition depot in the free City Gdansk. It s crew - one infantry company and a group of civilians. A total of 182 people. The only Polish guard-post at the mouth of the Vistula. Five sentries, one field cannon, two anti-armour guns, four mortars. It was the first obstacle to Hitler s predatory march across Europe. The first shots of World War II were fired here.