Franz von Halder7 August 1940
Rejects the Navys proposals for carrying the Army to England as "suicide". Rejects the Navys proposals for carrying the Army as "suicide"
Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Rejects the Navys proposals for carrying the Army to England as "suicide". Rejects the Navys proposals for carrying the Army as "suicide"
Kills himself while on his way back to Germany to explain himself to Hitler. Death of Kluge, suicide
Committs suicide by poison at Metz
The Gestapo give Rommel the choice of a trial or suicide disguised as a heart attack
Shoots himself in woods near Rattingen, buried where he had shot himself under an oak. Death of Otto Moritz Walter Model, commits suicide
Provides cyanide capsules to Hitler. Kills himself by taking a cyanide capsule in the bunker. Death of Ludwig Stumpfegger, suicide
Death of Eva Braun, commits suicide with Hitler at the Fuhrerbunker
Hitler & Eva Braun shoot themselves. Commits suicide when the Russians reach Potsdamerplatz a block from the Bunker, 3:30PM
After Hitler's suicide Goebbels & Bormann make attempt to negotiate with the Russians
Peace negotiations fail & Goebbels decides to commit suicide. After Hitler's suicide Goebbels & Bormann attempt to negotiate with the Russians
Advises Hitler to remain in the bunker & die in a blinding Gotterdammerung
Bodies of Goebbels, his wife & 5 children are found in a shelter near the Reichstag
Committs suicide during peace negotiations he is conducting with the Russians
Head of DAF, The German Labour Front, commits suicide on October 25, 1945, before the trial begins
Death of Johannes Blaskowitz, commits suicide. Commits suicide after being indicted as a war criminal before being brought to trial
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