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| Adjutant Hoess, Rudolf Franz Ferdinand |  |
| Sachsenhausen Appointed Adjutant of Sachs enhausen concentration camp |
| Administrator of Dachau Hoess, Rudolf Franz Ferdinand | |
| Dachau Appointed Administrator of Dachau concentration camp |
| Alliance Henlein, Konrad | |
| 28th Mar Sudetenland Hitler promises to support Henlein & make him Viceroy of Czech |
| Alliance Ribbentrop, Joachim von | |
| Oct Draws up the terms of a pact between Germany, Italy & Japan |
| Oct Visits Mussolini to sign the pact with Italy |
| Oct Rome Draws up the terms of a pact between Germany, Italy & Japan |
| Oct Rome Visits Mussolini to sign the pact with Italy |
| Anschluss Schuschnigg, Kurt von |  |
| 11th Mar Salzburg Germany closes the border at Salzburg |
| Anschluss Guderian, Heinz | |
| 12th Mar Commands the 2nd Panzer Division through Linz to Vienna during the Anscluss |
| Anschluss Hess, Rudolph | |
| 25th Jan Austrian police raid the Committee of Seven Vienna HQ |
| 25th Jan Documents are found signed by Hess clearing an Austrian Nazi revolt in the Spring |
| Anschluss Hitler, Adolf | |
| 12th Feb Berlin Hitler orders the Austrian Chancellor to to hand over control of his government |
| 12th Feb Berlin Informs the Austrian Chancellor to hand control over to the Nazis |
| 20th Feb Berlin Promises to support the rights of Germans not living in the Reich in the Reichstag |
| 10th Mar Berlin Decides on military occupation before Schuschnigg's plebiscite of March 13th |
| 11th Mar Berlin Makes an ultimatum to Schuschnigg forbidding his referendum on union with Germany |
| 11th Mar Austrian Nazis in Government appeal to Hitler to restore order |
| 11th Mar Mussolini indicates that he will not intervene to save Austria |
| 12th Mar Berlin Orders Wihelm Stuckart to Vienna to draft a law making him President of Austria |
| 12th Mar Linz German troops occupy Austria which then becomes a Dominion of the Third Reich |
| 12th Mar Linz Proclaims the union of Austria with Germany |
| 12th Mar Vienna Orders Stuckart to Vienna to organize anshcluss n defiance of the Versailles treaty |
| 14th Mar Berlin Chamberlain anounces in the Commons that nothing could have stopped the anshcluss |
| 14th Mar Berlin Makes a triumphal entry into Vienna, where he had lived so long as a tramp |
| 10th April 99.08% of Austrians & Germans vote in favour of the Anscluss |
| Anschluss Hupfauer, Theo | |
| Sent into Austria to set up Worker's Front organizations |
| Anschluss Stuckart, Wihelm | |
| 12th Mar Berlin Ordered by Hitler to Vienna to organize a total anshcluss |
| Armament Hitler, Adolf | |
| 9th Oct Saarbrucken Announces the strengthening of Germany's western fortifications |
| Arrest of Jews Hitler, Adolf | |
| 9th Nov Berlin 26,000 male Jews arrested |
| Arrest of Jews Muller, Heinrich | |
| Nov Berlin Orders the Gestapo to target wealthier Jews, more than 20,000 are taken into custody |
| Assassination of Rathenau Rathenau, Ernst von | |
| 7th Nov Paris Secretary at the German legation in Paris , assassinated |
| 7th Nov Paris Used to spark of further pogroms in Germany |
| Assassination of Rath Hitler, Adolf | |
| 9th Nov Paris The assassination of vom Rath in Paris is used to spark off "Kristallnacht" |
| Assassination of Rath Rath, Ernst vom | |
| 9th Nov Paris Hershel Grynsxpan wants to assassinate the German Ambassador but shoots Ernst vom Rath |
| 9th Nov Paris Roth's assassination as an excuse for Kristallnacht |
| Cabinet Council Hitler, Adolf | |
| Berlin Sets up a Secret Cabinet Council, probably to impress Chamberlain, but it never meets |
| Capture of Danzig Hitler, Adolf | |
| 24th Nov Danzig Issues a directive to the Commanders in Chief of the Armed Forces to occupy Danzig |
| Chief of General Staff Halder, Franz von | |
| Appointed Chief of the German General Staff |
| Chief of Staff Halder, Franz von | |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff |
| Chief of Staff Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| 10th Nov Appointed Chief-of-Staff of IV Corps |
| Chief of Staff Oster, Hans | |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Abwehr |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff, Abwehr, German military intelligence |
| Chief of the High Command Keitel, Wilhelm | |
| 4th Feb Appointed Chief of the High Command of the Armed forces, Oberkommando der Wehrmacht |
| Colonel Milch, Erhard | |
| Milch commands the Luftflotte V in the Norwegian campaign |
| Commander 8th Company Langkeit, Willi | |
| Appointed Commander of No 8 Company in the 36th Panzer Regiment |
| Commander Army Group 5 List, Siegmund Wilhelm von | |
| Appointed to command & establish Army Group Five in Austria |
| Commander Fighter Wing 53 Junck, Werner | |
| Appointed Commander of Fighter Wing 53 |
| Commander Fuehrer Begleit Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Appointed Commander of the Fuehrer Begleit Battalion, Hitler's personal security unit |
| Commander in Chief Brauchitsch, Walter von | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht |
| Commander in Chief Goering, Herman | |
| 4th Feb Berlin Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| Commander in Chief Hitler, Adolf | |
| 4th Feb Berlin Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Wehrmacht |
| Commander Luftflotte 1 Kesselring, Albrecht | |
| 1st Oct Appointed Commander Luftflotte 1, based in Berlin |
| Commander Luftflotte 3 Sperrle, Hugo | |
| Appointed Commander of the Luftwaffengruppe Drei |
| Conference of Hosbach Neurath, Constantin Freiher von | |
| Hosbach Attends the Hossbach conference where Hitler announces his aggressive foreign policy |
| Conference of Munich Goering, Herman | |
| 28th Sep Munich Draws up the draft for the memorandum which Mussolini uses for the Munich Agreement |
| Conference of Munich Hitler, Adolf | |
| 28th Sep Munich Hitler wants a conference to settle the Czech crisis, Mussolini chooses Munich |
| 28th Sep Munich Holds a conference with Mussolini & the Prime Ministers of France & Britain |
| 29th Sep Kufstein Boards Mussolini's train prior to the Munich Conference, discusses invading Czech |
| 30th Sep Munich Signs the Munich Agreement |
| Conference of Munich Neurath, Constantin Freiher von | |
| 28th Sep Munich Helps draw up a draft memorandum which Mussolini uses for framing the Munich Agreement |
| Conference of Munich Weizsacker, Ernst Freiherr von | |
| 28th Sep Munich Helps draw up a draft memorandum which Mussolini uses for framing the Munich Agreement |
| Constitution Hitler, Adolf | |
| Feb Berlin The last Cabinet meeting of the Third Reich |
| Feb Berlin With Hitler's approval the CAbinet can promulgate decrees which have the status of law |
| Crisis Blomberg, Werner von | |
| 25th Jan Hitler & Goering were witnesses at Blomberg's wedding |
| 25th Jan It is revealed to Hitler that Blomberg had married a whore & he resigns |
| Feb Capri Blomberg goes into exile |
| 4th Feb Discredited by a marriage to a prostitute & forced to resign |
| 4th Feb Used by Hitler for him to take control of the armed forces |
| Crisis Gruhn, Eva | |
| 12th Jan Hitler attends the wedding of von Blomberg to Eva Gruhn, allegedly a former prostitute |
| Crisis Heldorf, Wolf Heinrich Graf von | |
| Jan Gathers embarassong evidence about von Blomberg's new wife, Eva Gruhn |
| Jan Presents his dossier on von Blomberg's wife to Goering |
| Crisis Hitler, Adolf | |
| Dismsses Blomberg & Fritsch after contrived revelations about their personal lives |
| Jan Dismisses 16 high ranking officers during the Blomberg-Fritsch crisis |
| Jan Hitler uses the crisis to appoint himself supreme commander of the armed forces |
| 12th Jan Hitler attends the wedding of von Blomberg to Eva Gruhn, allegedly a former prostitute |
| 4th Feb Blomberg is forced to resign |
| 28th Sep Munich Hitler wants a conference to settle the Czech crisis, Mussolini chooses Munich |
| Crisis Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von | |
| Forced into retirement during the Blomberg-Fritsch crisis |
| Crisis Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von | |
| Retired after Hitler's purge of the high command after the Blomberg-Fritsch crisis |
| Death of Kautsky, Karl Kautsky, Karl | |
| Death of Karl Kautsky |
| Death of Rathenau, Ernst von Rathenau, Ernst von | |
| 7th Nov Paris Death of Ernst von Rathenau, assassinated |
| Death of Rath, Ernst vom Rath, Ernst vom | |
| 9th Nov Paris Death of Ernst von Rath, assassinated |
| Demonstrations Hitler, Adolf | |
| 11th Mar Austrian Nazis take to the streets in Austria & appeal to Hitler to restore order |
| 9th Nov Berlin After the assassination of von Rath by a Jewish Pole Hitler provokes anti-Jewish riots |
| Demonstrations Schuschnigg, Kurt von | |
| 11th Mar Austrian Nazis take to the streets in Austria & appeal to Hitler to restore order |
| Diplomacy Goering, Herman | |
| Oct Berlin Assures the Slovak leader, Durcansky, that Germany will support Slovak independence |
| Diplomacy Hitler, Adolf | |
| 12th Feb Berlin Schuschigg is forced by Hitler to agree an amnesty for imprisoned Austrian Nazis |
| 28th Mar Berlin Advises the German population in Czech to demand enough to break-up the Cezh state |
| 24th April Berlin The Sudeten German's demands for autonomy is rejected by the Prague Government |
| 12th May Manzhouguo Recognizes the Japanese puppet state in Manchuria, Manzhouguo |
| 21st May Berlin "It is my unalterable intention to smash Czech by military action in the near future" |
| 18th June Berlin Says he will only take action against Czech if Britain & France do not intervene |
| 3rd Sep Berlin Pays a State visit to Mussolini in Rome |
| 12th Sep Nuremberg Germa In a speech at Nuremberg Hitler demands that Benes meets the German Czech claims |
| 15th Sep Berchestgaden Receives Chamberlain & confirms his determination to annex the Sudetenland |
| 15th Sep Berchtesgaden Receives Chamberlain & confirms his determination to annex the Sudetenland |
| 18th Sep Sudetenland Britain & France wish to persuade Czech to cede areas greater than 50% to Germany |
| 22nd Sep Bad Godesberg Chamberlain offers the dissolution of the Czech alliances with France & Russia |
| 22nd Sep Bad Godesberg Chamberlain visits Hitler & offers peaceful inclusion of Sudetenland within the Reich |
| 28th Sep Berlin Mussolini sends his Ambassador to agree the action Hitler wants in the Sudetenland |
| 28th Sep Sudetenland The French Ambassador visits Hitler & agrees occupation of the Sudetenland 10th Oct |
| 29th Sep Kufstein Boards Mussolini's train prior to the Munich Conference, discusses invading Czech |
| Oct Berlin Agrees German-Italian arbitration to settle a frontier between Hungary & Slovakia |
| 6th Nov Berlin At Weimar makes a speech denouncing Churchill, Eden & Cooper as warmongers |
| 10th Nov Berlin The USAAmbassador is withdrawn from Berlin after the events of "crystal night" |
| 6th Dec Berlin Signs a declaration renouncing Germany's claim to Alsace-Lorraine |
| 6th Dec Berlin Signs a declaration to hold talks on mutual relations |
| Diplomacy Model, Otto Moritz Walter | |
| Sent as a spy to check the defensive fortifications along the Sudeten border |
| Diplomacy Ribbentrop, Joachim von | |
| 24th Oct Berlin Hosts the Polish Ambassador, Jozef Lipski & demands the return of Danzig |
| 6th Dec Berlin Signed declaration renouncing Germany's claim to Alsace-Lorraine |
| 6th Dec Berlin Visits the French Premier, Georges Bonnet, & signs a German-French agreement |
| Director War College Rommel Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Vienna Appointed Director of the War College at Wiener Neustadt |
| Dismissal Hitler, Adolf | |
| Jan Forces von Leeb into retirement during the Blomberg-Fritsch crisis |
| 4th Feb Berlin Conservatives such as Blomberg, Fritsch & Neurath appointed by Hindenburg are removed |
| Dismissal Neurath, Constantin Freiher von | |
| 4th Feb Berlin Dismissed by Hitler as Foreign Minister |
| Dismissal Papen, Franz von | |
| 4th Feb Berlin Dismissed by Hitler as Ambassador to Austria |
| Education of Mengele Mengele, Josef | |
| Obtains a doctorate in medicine |
| Emigration Office Eichmann, Adolf | |
| Vienna Founds the Jewish Office of Emmigration |
| Exile of Blomberg Blomberg, Werner von | |
| Feb Capri Blomberg goes into exile |
| Exile of Eichmann Eichmann, Adolf | |
| Expels 150,000 Jews from Austria |
| Fuehrer Chancellor of Germany Hitler, Adolf | |
| 4th Feb Berlin Appoints von Ribbentrop Foreirgn Minister |
| 4th Feb Berlin Assumes the leadership of the Ministry of War |
| Generalmajor Jodl, Alfred | |
| Appointed General-Major |
| Head OJE Eichmann Eichmann, Adolf | |
| Vienna Appointed Head of the Jewish Office of Emmigration |
| Independence Henlein, Konrad | |
| Sudetenland Asks for complete autonomy for Sudeten Germans in the Karlsbad Decrees |
| 24th April Sudetanland Henlein demands full independence for the Sudeten Germans |
| 4th Sep Sudetenland Henlein rejects Benes ' offer of full autonomy for Sudetenland |
| Independence Hitler, Adolf | |
| 21st May Berlin "It is my unalterable intention to smash Czech by military action in the near future" |
| Invasion of Austria Hitler, Adolf | |
| 10th Mar Decides on military occupation before Schuschnigg's plebiscite of March 13th |
| 11th Mar Berlin German troops are prepared to invade Austria |
| 13th Mar German troops enter Austria |
| 14th Mar Hitler lays a wreath on his parents grave in Austria |
| Invasion of Bohemia Hitler, Adolf | |
| 11th Mar Berlin Decides to issue an ultimatum to annex Bohemia & Moravia |
| 11th Mar Bohemia An ultimatum is drafted on Hitler's orders by Keitel calling the Czechs to surrender |
| Invasion of Czech Beck, Ludwig | |
| London Sends an emissary but fails to gain support against Germany if Hitler invades Czech |
| Invasion of Czech Hitler, Adolf | |
| 18th May German troop movements are reported near the Bohemian border |
| 21st May Berlin "It is my unalterable intention to smash Czech by military action in the near future" |
| 18th June Berlin Says he will only take action against Czech if Britain & France do not intervene |
| 15th Sep Berchestgaden Receives Chamberlain & confirms his determination to annex the Sudetenland |
| 15th Sep Berchtesgaden Receives Chamberlain & confirms his determination to annex the Sudetenland |
| 22nd Sep Bad Godesberg Chamberlain visits Hitler & offers peaceful inclusion of Sudetenland within the Reich |
| 29th Sep Kufstein Boards Mussolini's train prior to the Munich Conference, discusses invading Czech |
| 1st Oct Sudetenland Czech loses 11,000 sqr miles of territory |
| 1st Oct Sudetenland German troops march into the Sudetenland, the promised plebiscite is never held |
| Invasion of Czech Keitel, Wilhelm | |
| Believes Germany is not strong enough to break through the Czech fortifications |
| Invasion of Danzig Hitler, Adolf | |
| 24th Nov Danzig Issues a directive to the Commanders of the Armed Forces for the occupation of Danzig |
| Invasion of Holland Hitler, Adolf | |
| 24th Aug Berlin Consults the Army to occupy the Netherlands & Belgium & how long it would take |
| Invasion of Poland Hitler, Adolf | |
| 27th Sep Berlin Troops pass before Hitler to the indifference of the Berliners, in contrast to 1914 |
| 24th Nov Berlin Issues a directive to the Commanders in Chief of the Armed Forces to occupy Danzig |
| Invasion of Sudetanland Hitler, Adolf | |
| 15th Sep Berchestgaden Receives Chamberlain & confirms his determination to annex the Sudetenland |
| 15th Sep Berchtesgaden Receives Chamberlain & confirms his determination to annex the Sudetenland |
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