On 23 May 1939, Hitler explained to his officers that the object of the aggression was not Danzig, but the need to obtain German Lebensraum and details of this concept would be later formulated in the infamous Generalplan Ost.
Den 23. maj 1939 forklarede Adolf Hitler sine officerer, at målet med aggressionen ikke var Danzig, men behovet for at opnå tysk Lebensraum, og detaljerne i dette koncept blev senere formuleret i den berygtede Generalplan Ost.