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The so-called Old Barracks building on Westerplatte was erected in the central part of the peninsula, along with the administrative building already described in the #WesterplatteHistory series. Only remnants of its foundations hidden in the ground have survived to the present day. Practically the entire outline of its foundations was uncovered during archaeological research in 2017. Originally, this facility was intended for vacationers who flocked to the bathing area in the summer months before 1914. When the area was taken over by the Polish side, soldiers moved into the building, and in the final period of the depot's operation, civilian workers inhabited it. What did the building look like during its heyday, and when did it disappear from the Westerplatte landscape? These questions will be answered in the next episode of the #WesterplatteHistory series.
As part of the expansion of its existing collection, the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk has acquired a field gun model 1902 with a caliber of 76.2 mm. The gun was manufactured in 1917 at the Putilov Plant in St. Petersburg and, from 1918, was part of the armament of the Finnish armed forces.
For decades, the pattern and consequently the caliber of the field gun serving as real reinforcement for the defenders of the Military Transit Depot at Westerplatte remained an unresolved issue. For years, the most frequently repeated information was that it was a 75mm caliber wz. 02/26 gun – a modernized Russian 3-inch gun adapted in 1926 to the Polish 75mm ammunition standard.
