Operation Transport Exercise
Hitler orders the Kriegsmarine to plan a sea-borne invasion of Memel under the codename "Transport Exercise Stettin"
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1938 in Germany — Page 8
Explore 361 historical events and records for Germany in 1938.
Historical records for Germany in 1938
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November
Pogrom
After the Reichsvertretung is disbanded during the November Pogrom, the Nazis reassemble the councils members under the Government controlled Reichsvereinigung
Reichsvereinigung
Leo Baeck heads this organisation as its president until his deportation in January 1943. After the Reichsvertretung is disbanded during the November Pogrom, the Nazis reassemble the councils members under the Government controlled Reichsvereinigung
Rule of Memel
Hitler orders the Kriegsmarine to plan a sea-borne invasion of Memel under the codename "Transport Exercise Stettin"
December
Legislation
Jewish property is "legally" confiscated
Diplomatic Negotiations at Berlin
Signs a declaration to hold talks on mutual relations. Signs a declaration renouncing Germany's claim to Alsace-Lorraine
International Agreement at Berlin
Visits the French Premier, George's Bonnet, & signs a German-French agreement. Signed declaration renouncing Germany's claim to Alsace-Lorraine
Rule of Alsace-Lorraine
Signs a declaration renouncing Germany's claim to Alsace-Lorraine
Rule of Alsace-Lorraine
Signed declaration renouncing Germany's claim to Alsace-Lorraine
Rule of Memel
National Socialists win 26 of 29 seats in the local assembly (Landtag)
Washington sends its fourth note to Berlin demanding amnesty for Jews
Washington sends its fourth note to Berlin demanding amnesty for Jews
Nuclear Fission
Finds barium among products of neutron-bombarded uranium.
Nuclear Fission
Helps identify barium as a uranium fission product.
Other events (month unknown)
18th Infantry Division
Manstein assumed command of the 18th Infantry Division at Liegnitz. The posting gave him responsibility for a large infantry formation before the outbreak of the Second World War.
Adjutant
Appointed Adjutant of Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Administrator
Appointed Administrator of Dachau concentration camp
Affirmative Character of Culture
Marcuse published On the Affirmative Character of Culture, examining the social functions of bourgeois cultural ideals.
Anschluss
Sent into Austria to set up Workers Front organisations
Army Opposition
Witzleben is associated with senior army officers who oppose Hitler and fear the consequences of Nazi military policy
Blomberg-Fritsch Affair
After von Blomberg resigned following the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair the Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht or OKW) under Wilhelm Keitel is created
Border Settlement
Sent as a spy to check the defensive fortifications along the Sudeten border
Cabinet
Sets up a Secret Cabinet Council, probably to impress Chamberlain, but it never meets
Chief of General Staff
Appointed Chief of the German General Staff
Chief of Staff
Appointed Chief of Staff
Chief of Staff
Appointed Chief of Staff of the Abwehr
Chief of Staff
Appointed Chief of Staff, Abwehr, German military intelligence
Colonel
Milch commands the Luftflotte V in the Norwegian campaign
Colonel
Milch commands the Luftflotte V in the Norwegian campaign
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief of the Wehrmacht
Commander of Army Group 5
Appointed to command & establish Army Group Five in Austria
Commander of Eighth Company
Appointed Commander of No 8 Company in the 36th Panzer Regiment
Commander of Fighter Wing 53
Appointed Commander of Fighter Wing 53
Commander of Fuhrer Begleit
Appointed Commander of the Fuhrer Begleit Battalion, Hitler's personal security unit
Commander of Luftflotte 3
Appointed Commander of Luftflotte 3
Commander of Luftflotte 3
Appointed Commander of the Luftwaffengruppe Drei
Conference of Hosbach
Attends the Hossbach conference where Hitler announces his aggressive foreign policy
Crisis
Hitler uses the crisis to appoint himself supreme commander of the armed forces. Dismisses 16 high ranking officers during the Blomberg-Fritsch crisis. Dismsses Blomberg & Fritsch after contrived revelations about their personal lives
Crisis
Forced into retirement during the Blomberg-Fritsch crisis
Dachau
Appointed Administrator of Dachau concentration camp
Death of Karl Kautsky
Death of Karl Kautsky
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