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Rule of Gdansk

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

2Records
1939Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1939

Joachim von Ribbentrop21 March 1939

Gdansk · Government / NSDAP Government

Hosts Polish Ambassador Jozef Lipski & demands the return of the Free City of Danzig

Adolf Hitler28 April 1939

Gdansk · Government / NSDAP Government

Hitler says all he requests from Poland is Danzig & the Polish Corridor

Names involved

Adolf HitlerJoachim von Ribbentrop

Provenance

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