It is a ORP Gryf- modern Polish ship.It was sank by Luftwaffe 3rd of September 1939.

ORP Gryf

it is the foto of Westerplatte- Polish army position in Danzig, where we transport buy new equipment and ammunition. From these place it was transport to Poland by trains. 1st of September panzership Szlezwig-Holstein fired Westerplatte. German attacked it above 4000 people, while our defence was only 220 people. We fought 7 days, 15 Poles were killed, while we killed above 450 people.

Westerplatte

Polish Army destroyed USSR fighter aircraft Polikarpov I-16 after Stalins aggression against Poland 17 September 1939. Additional history: USSR Red Army were murdering Polish POWS and quite small part of Polish civilians. USSR NKVD Stalin murdered 20000 Polish officers pows and generals POWS during Katyn Forest massacre 1940 (and not only in Katyn near Smolensk).  Main criminals of Katyn 1940,Genocide made by USSR: Joseph Stalin,Lavrentiy Beria , Kliment Voroshilov, Vyacheslav Molotov, Anastas Mikoyan. All of names signed on soviet documents 05.03.1940. 