Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Hitler proclaimed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia after German forces had occupied the remaining Czech territory.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
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1939
Rule of Bohemia
Hitler proclaimed protectorate rule over Bohemia and Moravia after the German occupation was completed.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Rule of Bohemia
Hitler proclaims a Proctecorate over Bohemia & Moravia, Czech ceases to exist
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Rule of Czech
Hitler proclaims a Proctecorate over Bohemia & Moravia, Czech ceases to exist
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Rule of Czech
In Prague, Hitler announced the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and the remaining Czech state ceased to exist.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Rule of Moravia
Hitler proclaims a Proctecorate over Bohemia & Moravia, Czech ceases to exist
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Rule of Moravia
Protectorate rule was proclaimed over Moravia and Bohemia after Hitler's forces took control of the Czech lands.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Treaty of Protection
A Treaty between Germany & Slovakia to establish a German Protectorate is signed
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Treaty of Protection
Contains a secret protocol giving Germany exclusive rights to exploit Slovakia. Approves the Treaty of Protection in Vienna
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Rule of Memel
The Lithuanian Government decides to return the Memel District to the Reich. Lithuanian military units begin withdrawing from Memel during the early morning hours - Lithuanian district governor Gailus turns power over to the Nazi dominated local assembly - 2 pm Lithuanian delegation arrives in Berlin for talks
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Rule of Memel
Article 4 of the state Treaty renounces the use of force between Germany and Lithuania, and pledges that neither would support a third country against the other signatory
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Rule of Memel
Germany in in the Treaty provides generous support for the economic needs of Lithuania and gave Lithuania the right to establish a Lithuanian Free Zone in the Memel harbor.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Rule of Memel
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Urbsys signs the convention returning Memel to Germany at 1 am retroactive to March 22,1939.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Rule of Memel
The Kriegsmarine is deprived of a chance to launch a planned amphibious assault but was accorded the honor of delivering the Fueher to the city for a celebration of his last bloodless conquest.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Rule of Memel
The Treaty of 23 March affirms the return of the Memel District, which had been separated by the Treaty of Versailles, to Germany.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Rule of Memel
Adolf Hitler sails into the harbor at Memel at the head of a strong German naval force and spoke to the loyal people of the most remote German territory
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Rule of Memel
The Lithuanian Parliament approves the convention returning Memel to Germany unanimously and without abstention
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Anglo French Assurance Pact
Britain and France guarantee Polands defense (Anglo French Assurance Pact), a pact with Poland to come to their defense if Germany attacked
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Polish Corridor
In preparation for war with Poland, in the spring of 1939 Hitler demands the annexation of the Free City of Danzig to Germany and extraterritorial rail access for Germany across the "Polish Corridor," the Polish frontier to East Prussia
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Rule of Danzig
In preparation for war with Poland, in the spring of 1939 Hitler demands the annexation of the Free City of Danzig to Germany and extraterritorial rail access for Germany across the "Polish Corridor," the Polish frontier to East Prussia
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Invasion of Poland
Adolf Hitler orders the German military to start planning for Fall Weiss, the codename for the invasion of Poland
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Invasion of Poland
Issues "Case White", secret plans to be carried out from 1st September 1939
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Anglo-German Naval Agreement
The Anglo-German Naval Agreement is renounced by Adolf Hitler
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Anglo-German Naval Agreement
The Anglo-German Naval Agreement is renounced by Adolf Hitler. Hitler says all he requests from Poland is Danzig & the Polish Corridor
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Polish Corridor
Hitler says all he requests from Poland is Danzig & the Polish Corridor
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Rule of Gdansk
Hitler says all he requests from Poland is Danzig & the Polish Corridor
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Rule of Polish Corridor
Hitler says all he requests from Poland is Danzig & the Polish Corridor
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Pact of Steel
Consequently, Italy did not enter World War II until June 1940, with a delayed invasion of Southern France. The pact consisted of two parts.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Pact of Steel
Due to this disagreement, the pact was signed without Japan and became an agreement between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, signed on 22 May 1939 by Foreign Ministers Galeazzo Ciano of Italy and Joachim von Ribbentrop of Germany.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Pact of Steel
The Pact aimed to ensure that neither country was able to make peace without the agreement of the other. The agreement was based on the assumption that a war would not occur within three years.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Pact of Steel
The Pact of Steel obliged Germany and Italy to aid the other country militarily, economically or otherwise in the event of war, and to collaborate in wartime production.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Pact of Steel
The first section was an open declaration of continuing trust and cooperation between Germany and Italy while the second, a "Secret Supplementary Protocol", encouraged a union of policies concerning the military and economy.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Pact of Steel
The pact was initially drafted as a tripartite military alliance between Japan, Italy and Germany. While Japan wanted the focus of the pact to be aimed at the Soviet Union, Italy and Germany wanted it aimed at Britain and France.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Pact of Steel
When Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939 and war broke out on 3 September, Italy was not yet prepared for conflict and had difficulty meeting its obligations.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Condor Legion
Takes the salute of the Condor Legion after their return from the Spanish Civil War
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Summons the League of Nations High Commissioner and threatens to crush the
Summons the League of Nations High Commissioner and threatens to crush the Poles
Role range: 1934-1945
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Cables Stalin accepting the draft for the pact & urges ratification of the Treaty
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Trade Agreement at Berlin
Signs a trade agreement with Russia
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Trade Agreement
It is anounced that Germany & Russia have concluded a commercial agreement
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Invasion of Poland
Announces a probable invasion of Poland on 26th August
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
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