WW2 ceremony: World leaders mark 80th anniversary of start of World War II in Poland.

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A number of world leaders, including German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and US Vice President Mike Pence, are in Poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II.

Leaders from a number of countries are gathering in Poland on Sunday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II.

The ceremonies started early in Wielun, the first city to be bombarded by the German Luftwaffe on September 1, 1939.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and the deputy head of the European Commission Frans Timmermans led observances at Westerplatte Peninsula, on the Baltic coast, the site of the war's first battle as Polish troops put up resistance.

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