Danzig crisis (1932)

The Danzig crisis of 1932 was an incident between the Free City of Danzig (modern Gdańsk, Poland) and Poland concerning whether the Polish government had the right to station warships in Danzig harbour, together with Poland's claim to represent Danzig with foreign powers. The incident was sparked on 14 June 1932 when a squadron of British destroyers visited Danzig and was greeted by the Polish destroyer Wicher  which had entered Danzig harbour without the permission of the Senate of the Free City. The incident led to the Danzig authorities reluctantly ceding the right of Poland to station its warships in Danzig, the renewal of the agreement governing Polish rights in the Free City and within Poland a shift towards navalism.

Danzig incident

The Polish destroyer Wicher
Date14 June 1932
Location
Free City of Danzig (modern Gdańsk, Poland)
Result Polish diplomatic victory
Belligerents
Poland Poland Free City of Danzig Free City of Danzig

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