Historical place archive

River Danube in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at River Danube in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

6 records4 event labels2 people1941–1941

Historical events in River Danube

1941

8 January 1941
Marita
Adolf Hitler · World War, 2nd

Orders Operation Marita to commence on 26th March

8 February 1941
Invasion of Greece
Siegmund Wilhelm von List · World War, 2nd

Signs an agreement with Bulgaria allowing German passage to invade Greece

8 February 1941
Marita
Siegmund Wilhelm von List · World War, 2nd

To protect Romanian oilfields from the British in preparation to invade Russia. Signs an agreement with Bulgaria allowing German passage to invade Greece

28 February 1941
Invasion of Russia
Adolf Hitler · World War, 2nd

German Army Units cross the Danube from Rumania & take up positions in Bulgaria

28 February 1941
Marita
Adolf Hitler · World War, 2nd

German Army units cross the Danube & take up positions in Bulgaria

28 February 1941
Operation Barbarossa
Adolf Hitler · World War, 2nd

German Army Units cross the Danube from Romania & take up positions in Bulgaria

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Germany and River Danube. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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