Heydrich and Naujocks had only a few days to get things prepared for the attack on Gleiwitz on Aug. This attack would be the centerpiece of вЂњOperation Himmler.вЂќ Hitler had ordered his military to invade Poland on Aug. An Einsatzgruppe unit under Naujocks would attack the Gleiwitz radio tower along the border then broadcast Polish propaganda into the Reich. Several border incidents would be created, under what was called вЂњOperation Himmler,вЂќ after Heydrich's boss. Heydrich had devised a scheme to give Hitler his justification for an attack upon Poland. In 1939 he was made head of the sub-section of Section III of SD Ausland, (foreign section), and put in charge of such special duties as fabricating false papers, passports, identity cards and forged notes for the SD agents operating abroad.вЂќ He joined the SS in 1931 and three years later enrolled in the SD, becoming one of Heydrich's most trusted agents. вЂњA well-known amateur boxer, (Naujocks) was frequently involved in brawls with communists. In the book вЂњWho's Who in Nazi Germany,вЂќ historian Robert Wistrich wrote: Not yet 30 years old, Naujocks had been an early street brawler for the Nazis in the days before the party came to power. To give Germany its excuse, Hitler wanted a dramatic provocation that he could use to justify his actions. Finally, Hitler decided to attack Poland. That summer Hitler repeatedly accused Poles of attacking ethnic Germans in Poland, and again he sent agitators to fake incidents. Soon after, when Hitler announced that he wanted the Polish Corridor returned, Britain and France took a firm line and offered Poland a guarantee of its borders. There were virtually no ethnic Germans in the rump of Czechoslovakia. Not only was this move in violation of the September 1938 agreement at Munich but it also showed Hitler for what he really was - a madman with vast territorial ambitions in Europe who could not be trusted. In March 1939, Hitler made a mistake by invading and annexing the rump of Czechoslovakia. These false-flag operations gave Hitler the leverage he needed to issue ultimatums during the crisis, which led to his diplomatic victory. To strengthen his hand, Hitler had sent special units into the Sudetenland to fake anti-German attacks and increase anti-German propaganda. Indeed, in Czechoslovakia there were several violent attacks on ethnic Germans by the Czech population, though these instances were relatively few. Hitler had stated throughout this crisis, as he had in his earlier bloodless invasions, that he was only working in the interests of protecting ethnic Germans throughout central Europe.

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