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

5Records
1937Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1937

Adolf Hitler5 November 1937

Hosbach · Government / NSDAP Government

Declares that Britain will be a neutral while Germany expands in the East

Friedrich Hossbach5 November 1937

Government / NSDAP Government

Records a secret meeting between Hitler & his generals planning expansion in the east. A document recorded by Hitler's Adjutant outling Hitler's plans to invade the east

Ludwig Beck10 November 1937

Government / NSDAP Government

Shocked by the Hossbach Memorandum with Hitler's plan for war. Beck resigns 8 after the release of the Hossbach Memorandum

Friedrich Hossbach10 November 1937

Government / NSDAP Government

Completes the Memorandum & shows it to General Beck who is devastated by the content

Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer1937

Government / NSDAP Government

Witnesses a report made at a meeting held by Hitler to discuss expansion in the east

Names involved

Adolf HitlerFriedrich HossbachKarl-Jesko von PuttkamerLudwig Beck

Provenance

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