| Ceremonies are about to start in Poland to mark the anniversary of the start of World War II seven decades ago.
Seventy years ago to the day, the German battleship, Schleswig-Holstein, opened fire on a Polish military outpost on the Baltic peninsula.
This heralded the start of the Second World War, a conflict that claimed more than 50 million lives.
Seventy years on, leaders and top officials from nations such as Germany, Italy, Ukraine, France, the United States, Russia and Poland are attending a series of ceremonies on the Polish coast.
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September 1, 2009 | 
