Bombing of Berlin
Berlin reported as "sea of flames", up to 10,000 dead
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
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Adolf Hitler Biography and Timeline — Page 38
Follow Adolf Hitler through 1,628 dated historical records for Germany.
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1943
Atlantic Wall
Field Marshal Rommel begins inspection of Atlantic Wall, Germany's coastal defence system stretching from Norway to the Spanish frontier
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Invasion of Western Front
Field Marshal Rommel begins inspection of Atlantic Wall, Germany's coastal defence system stretching from Norway to the Spanish frontier
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Overlord
Field Marshal Rommel begins inspection of Atlantic Wall, Germany's coastal defence system stretching from Norway to the Spanish frontier
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Capture of Kiev
The German armies in the Ukraine are thrteatened with encirclement
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Invasion of Russia
The German Armies are split at the Pripet Marshes
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Invasion of Russia
Kiev is re-captured & German armies in the Ukraine are threatened with encirclement
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Adler
Indecisive anti-partisan operation on the north Dalmatian coast, between Karlobag and Zadar, German and Croatian units provide the Axis force
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Barbarossa
The German Armies are split at the Pripet Marshes
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Siege of Kiev
The German armies in the Ukraine are thrteatened with encirclement. Kiev is re-captured by the Russians
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Conscription
Hitler orders the conscription of youth for active service
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Bombing of Leipzig
The RAF bomb Leipzig, 1,500 killed & 40,000 homeless
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Declaration of War
Bolivia declares war on the Axis powers
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Capture of Germany
German troops occupy Rome
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Capture of Rome
German troops occupy Rome
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Retreat
Manstein persuades Hitler to order a retreat behind the River Dnieper
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Capture of Split
Partisans capture Split in Yugoslavia
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Bombing of Hamburg
The British Air Ministry announces that Hamburg lies in ruins
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Capture of Smolensk
Russians captue Smolensk
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Capture of Temyruk
Russians capture Temyruk, the last held German port on the Black Sea
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Pact between Germany, Italy and Japan
Germany & Japan recognze Mussolinis Government of the 3rd anniversary of their Pact
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Overlord
Says that "if they attack int westthat attack will decide the war"
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Army Group B
The Allies invade Italy, Hitler decides only the north can be held & forms Army Group B
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Atlantic Wall
Plans to install Vergeltungs weapons at the Pas-de-Calai, long range rockets. In late 1943, the obvious Allied buildup in Britain prompted the German Commander in Chief in the west, Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, to request reinforcements
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Believes Mussolini is losing control & diverts forces from Russia to Italy
Believes Mussolini is losing control & diverts forces from Russia to Italy
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Belsen
Bergen-Belsen becomes an internment camp
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Invasion of Russia
Believes Mussolini is losing control & diverts forces from Russia to Italy
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
V2 Rocket
Hitler orders the production of the Vergeltungswaffe V-2 rocket based on the A-4
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
1944
Bombing of Berlin
The RAF drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Invasion of Italy
The Allies land in Anzio
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Battle of Bulge
Hitler's last powerful reserve, the panzer elite, are lost. Despite initial gains 77,000 Allies & 130,000 Germans are lost
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Siege of Leningrad
The Germans officially lift the siege of Leningrad
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Invasion of Hungary
Hitler forces Horthy to agree to German occupation & rule in Hungary
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Invasion of Hungary
German troops enter Hungary unopposed
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Siege of Sevastopol
The Germans withdraw into Sevastopol. The Germans withdraw from Sevastopol with 80.000 lost during the siege
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Visit to Hitler & is blamed for defeat on
Mussolini visits Hitler & is blamed for defeat on the Russian front
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Barbarossa
From July 1943 to May 1944 the Germans lose 41 Divisions in the East
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Overlord
Rundstedt & Rommel meet Hitler, wanting withdrawal from Normandy but are turned down
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Red Army
The Red Army begins its offensive against Army Group Centre
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Operation Overlord
Turns down Rundstedt & Rommels request to withdraw from Normandy. Orders defence of Normandy to the last man
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1934-1945
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.