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Invasion of Memel

Name: Invasion of Memel – Germany factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Germany · Government / NSDAP Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1939Date range

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1Places

Chronological records

1939

Adolf Hitler21 October 1939

Berlin · Government / NSDAP Government

Gives the armed forces orders for the invasion of Memel

Names involved

Adolf Hitler

Provenance

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