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A day of commemorations will begin in Poland |
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shortly to mark the 70th anniversary |
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of the outbreak of the 2nd World War. |
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The first ceremony will take place at dawn |
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on the Westerplatte peninsula near Gdansk. |
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Greg Morsbach reports. |
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70 years ago to the day, |
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the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein |
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opened fire on a Polish military |
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outpost in the Baltic peninsula. |
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This heralded the start of the Second World War, |
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a conflict that claimed more than 50 million lives. |
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70 years old leaders and top officials from nations |
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such as Germany, Italy, Ukraine, France, the U.S., |
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Russia and Poland are reattending a series of ceremonies |
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on the Polish coast. |
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Moscow is sending a top-level delegation |
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with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin |
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scheduled to deliver a speech |
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commemorating the event seven decades ago. |
