Meeting with Anthony Eden & refuses to make any
Meets Anthony Eden & refuses to make any armament concessions
Role range: 1933-1945
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Joachim von Ribbentrop Biography and Timeline
Follow Joachim von Ribbentrop through 68 dated historical records for Germany.
Joachim von Ribbentrop, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1934
Armament
Appointed Special Commissioner for the disarmament negotiations
Role range: 1933-1945
Special Commissioner
Appointed Special Commissioner for the disarmament negotiations
Role range: 1933-1945
1935
Anti-Comintern Pact
The idea of anti-Communist alliance with the Kuomintang, Japan and Germany is considered. This appeals to General Oshima Hiroshi who hopes to gain Japanese control over China
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1936-1938
Ambassador
Appointed Ambassador General
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1935-1936
Treaty of Anglo-German Naval
Negotiates the Anglo-German Naval Treaty
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1935-1936
1936
Anti-Comintern Pact
By the summer of 1936, the increased influence of the military in the Japanese Government, concerns in Berlin and Tokyo about the Franco-Soviet alliance, and Hitler's desire for a dramatic anti-Communist foreign policy gesture that he believed might bring about an Anglo-German alliance led to the idea of the Anti-Comintern Pact being revived
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1936-1938
Alliance Joachim von Ribbentrop and Japan
Signs the Anti-Commintern Pact with Japan
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1936-1938
Anti-Comintern Pact
The Anti-Comintern Pact was an anti-communist pact concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan (later to be joined by other, mainly fascist, Governments) on November 25, 1936 and was directed against the 3rd (Communist) International
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1936-1938
Alliance Anti-Comintern Pact
Negotiates the Germanese Anti-Comintern Pact
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1936-1938
Ambassador
Appointed Ambassador of Britain
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1936-1938
Comintern
Negotiates the Germanese Anti-Comintern Pact
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1936-1938
1937
Alliance Anti-Commintern Pact
Obtains Mussolinis signature for the Anti-Commintern Pact in Rome
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1936-1938
1938
Foreign Secretary of Germany
Appointed Foreign Secretary
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1938-1945
Bad Godesberg
Ribbentrop attended the talks and supported Hitler’s rejection of the Anglo-French proposals.
Role range: 1938-1945
Godesberg
Ribbentrop attended the talks and supported Hitler’s rejection of the Anglo-French proposals.
Role range: 1938-1945
Bad Godesberg
Ribbentrop presented the German memorandum and its accompanying territorial map to the British delegation.
Role range: 1938-1945
Godesberg
Ribbentrop presented the German memorandum and its accompanying territorial map to the British delegation.
Role range: 1938-1945
Treaty of Munich
Ribbentrop presented the Godesberg memorandum and map setting out Germany's expanded territorial demands.
Role range: 1938-1945
Treaty of Munich
Ribbentrop advised Hitler during the negotiations and opposed concessions beyond Germany's territorial objectives.
Role range: 1938-1945
Diplomatic Mission at Berlin
Hosts the Polish Ambassador, Jozef Lipski & demands the return of Danzig
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1938-1945
Rule of Danzig
Hosts the Polish Ambassador, Jozef Lipski & demands the return of Danzig
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1938-1945
Alliance Germany, Italy and Japan
Visits Mussolini to sign the pact with Italy. Draws up the terms of a pact between Germany, Italy & Japan
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1938-1945
Arbitration after Munich
Ribbentrop co-arbitrated the Vienna settlement after Munich, resulting in a transfer of Czechoslovak territory to Hungary.
Role range: 1938-1945
Czechoslovak Territorial Arbitration
Ribbentrop joined the arbitration concerning Czechoslovak territory and helped determine the transfer of land to Hungary.
Role range: 1938-1945
First Vienna Award Arbitration
During the First Vienna Award, Ribbentrop served as one of the arbitrators deciding a territorial transfer affecting Czechoslovakia and Hungary.
Role range: 1938-1945
First Vienna Award
Ribbentrop took part in the First Vienna Award at Vienna, where territory was transferred from Czechoslovakia to Hungary.
Role range: 1938-1945
Hungarian Territorial Transfer
Ribbentrop was involved in the Vienna decision under which Czechoslovak territory passed to Hungary.
Role range: 1938-1945
Post-Munich Vienna Settlement
Ribbentrop co-arbitrated the post-Munich settlement in Vienna that altered Czechoslovakia's territory in Hungary's favour.
Role range: 1938-1945
Territorial Award to Hungary
At Vienna, Ribbentrop participated in the award that transferred territory from Czechoslovakia to Hungary after Munich.
Role range: 1938-1945
Treaty of Munich
Ribbentrop co-arbitrated the First Vienna Award transferring territory from Czechoslovakia to Hungary.
Role range: 1938-1945
Vienna Arbitration
Ribbentrop acted as a co-arbitrator in Vienna during the settlement that reassigned Czechoslovak territory to Hungary.
Role range: 1938-1945
Vienna Award Decision
Ribbentrop helped arbitrate the Vienna Award decision that changed the territorial relationship between Czechoslovakia and Hungary.
Role range: 1938-1945
Vienna Territorial Settlement
Ribbentrop participated in the Vienna territorial settlement that reassigned parts of Czechoslovakia to Hungary.
Role range: 1938-1945
International Agreement at Berlin
Visits the French Premier, George's Bonnet, & signs a German-French agreement. Signed declaration renouncing Germany's claim to Alsace-Lorraine
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1938-1945
Rule of Alsace-Lorraine
Signed declaration renouncing Germany's claim to Alsace-Lorraine
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1938-1945
1939
Invasion of Slovakia
Announces Hungarian troop movements on the Slovak-Hungarian border
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1938-1945
Independence of Germany
When Slovak deputies meet Tiso reads out a declaration of independence
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1938-1945
Independence of Slovakia
When Slovak deputies meet Tiso reads out a declaration of independence
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1938-1945
Diplomatic Mission at Berlin
Hosts Polish Ambassador Jozef Lipski & demands the return of the Free City of Danzig
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1938-1945
Records, sources and methodology
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