House of History | Nazi Germany's Accidental Early Start of World War 2 - The Jablunkov incident @HoH | Uploaded May 2021 | Updated October 2024, 18 hours ago.
On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany launched their invasion into Poland marking the beginning of World War II. Among those units invading Poland was that of Lieutenant Hans-Albrecht Herzner. But when he phoned his superior boasting of his captured objectives, he was met with a different reply than he expected. Because it was the early morning of August 26th, one week before the official invasion of Poland. Lieutenant Hans-Albrecht Herzner and his 70 soldiers accidentally nearly started the Second World War one week too early.
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Hans-Albrecht Herzner was a German Abwehr agent and a lieutenant in the army, commanding a 70-men strong expeditionary force stationed in the town of Csaca at the Slovakian-Polish border. Tensions between Germany and Poland had been rising for a while, and many of these units would participate in the invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, marking the beginning of the Second World War in Europe. And we would have never known about Herzner’s actions nearly starting the war one week earlier, if it wasn’t for some secret documents discovered in an archive two decades after the war ended.
One week before Poland’s official invasion, Herzner and his unit invaded Poland. They fought their way towards the strategically located train station in Mosty and the nearby tunnel situated in the so-called Jablunkov Pass. This mountain pass was located on the Slovakian-Polish border. The tunnel housed a single-track railway. The tunnel and railway were of especially strategic value because it was the shortest connection between Poland’s capital Warsaw and Austria’s capital Vienna.
The Polish military, understanding a German invasion was only a matter of time considering the increased hostilities over the past few months, decided to give the Germans a run for their money in case they did invade. As such, the Jablunkov-tunnel was strapped with dynamite and other explosives, for it to be destroyed in case the Germans did invade.
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On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany launched their invasion into Poland marking the beginning of World War II. Among those units invading Poland was that of Lieutenant Hans-Albrecht Herzner. But when he phoned his superior boasting of his captured objectives, he was met with a different reply than he expected. Because it was the early morning of August 26th, one week before the official invasion of Poland. Lieutenant Hans-Albrecht Herzner and his 70 soldiers accidentally nearly started the Second World War one week too early.
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My videos tend to get arbitrarily demonetized. That is why I decided to open up a Patreon where people can support the channel. If you decide to pledge as little as 1$/month you will gain access to a monthly series exclusive to my Patrons!
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:58 Background
3:00 Jabłonków incident
Watch my documentary series:
►History of Prussia playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLazn7eofVtjJjSlui3iOOz0P3KI7-v3o5
►End of Empire - Downfall of the Qing Dynasty playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLazn7eofVtjLnVJY6NyQX8JlVApf40DLs
►World War 2 playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLazn7eofVtjLYTXde713nRftdAPj7YW_a
►Hitler's Spies playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLazn7eofVtjJGQ4c1q7mQhTh5vM54_17o
The content of this video covers events, people or concepts via a lecture-style presentation that is educational and historical in nature. Every video is original content by House of History. The events relating to conflict in this video are portrayed in their historical context without either value judgment or an ideological message attached to it. There is no intent to shock, upset or disgust. The goal of my channel is to make interesting lecture-style videos, no more, no less.
Thank you for taking the time to check out House of History, I hope you will find the films informative, interesting and enjoyable!
Hans-Albrecht Herzner was a German Abwehr agent and a lieutenant in the army, commanding a 70-men strong expeditionary force stationed in the town of Csaca at the Slovakian-Polish border. Tensions between Germany and Poland had been rising for a while, and many of these units would participate in the invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, marking the beginning of the Second World War in Europe. And we would have never known about Herzner’s actions nearly starting the war one week earlier, if it wasn’t for some secret documents discovered in an archive two decades after the war ended.
One week before Poland’s official invasion, Herzner and his unit invaded Poland. They fought their way towards the strategically located train station in Mosty and the nearby tunnel situated in the so-called Jablunkov Pass. This mountain pass was located on the Slovakian-Polish border. The tunnel housed a single-track railway. The tunnel and railway were of especially strategic value because it was the shortest connection between Poland’s capital Warsaw and Austria’s capital Vienna.
The Polish military, understanding a German invasion was only a matter of time considering the increased hostilities over the past few months, decided to give the Germans a run for their money in case they did invade. As such, the Jablunkov-tunnel was strapped with dynamite and other explosives, for it to be destroyed in case the Germans did invade.
If you have any feedback, questions or criticism feel free to leave a comment. Your opinion truly aids me in improving the content of the channel! If you have a question, feel free to leave a comment and I will either write a reply, answer your question in a Q&A video, or make an entire video about it!
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