112: The September Campaign Pt. 4 - Fall Weiss
History of the Second World War
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The Danzig War
The city of Danzig had been under a growing amount of German and Nazi party control since 1933. Albert Forster, who would be elected the gall leader of Danzig, began to do everything in his power to ensure Nazi control there. This included having firm control of the police and suppressing any other political groups that attempted to gain power in Danzig. In several meetings between German leaders like Hitler, Ribbentrop and other diplomats, Germans brought up the idea of official negotiations around Danzig.
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