Historical place archive

Saarland in History

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

6 records3 event labels2 people1934–1935

Historical events in Saarland

1934

1934
Rule of Saarland
Geoffrey Knox · Naional Coalition

Protests against Nazi hostile broadcasts & illegal detention of Saarland inhabitants

1935

1935
Referendum
Geoffrey Knox · Naional Coalition

Appointed President of the Governing Commission for the Saarland Plebiscite

23 November 1935
Demonstrations
Geoffrey Knox · Naional Coalition

Requests 2,000 troops to control the Saarland

23 November 1935
Referendum
Geoffrey Knox · Naional Coalition

Requests 2,000 troops to control the Saarland. Fears the Germans will use the strategy used in Austria when Dolfuss was assassinated

3 December 1935
Referendum
Robert Anthony Eden · League of Nations

Gains Government support for an international peacekeeping force in the Saarland

6 December 1935
Referendum
Robert Anthony Eden · League of Nations

Laval accepts Edens offer of a British led peacekeeping force in the Saarland

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Saarland. 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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