10 May 1940
Invasion of Maastricht
Commands the army group advancing through the Netherlands and Belgium.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Maastricht in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Commands the army group advancing through the Netherlands and Belgium.
Oversees operations seeking rapid control of Maastricht and nearby crossings.
Represents Germany as the Maastricht European Council opens the decisive negotiations on European Union.
Takes Germany's position into the opening day of the Maastricht European Council.
Supports the final Maastricht settlement establishing the route toward economic and monetary union.
Helps negotiate convergence requirements and institutional arrangements for the planned economic and monetary union.
Secures Germany's diplomatic interests in the final agreement on political cooperation.
Works on the economic provisions that Germany accepts in the final Maastricht agreement.
Signs the Treaty on European Union for Germany as Federal Foreign Minister.
Signs the Treaty on European Union for Germany as Federal Finance Minister.
Provenance
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