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| 1938 | Hitler, Adolf |  |
| Nov Memel Hitler orders the Kriegsmarine to plan a sea-borne invasion of Memel under the codename "Transport Exercise Stettin" |
| 1st Nov Memel Lithuania bows to German demands to end martial law in Memel - local Nazi party leaders Neumann, Bertuleit and Bottchner released from prison |
| 11th Dec Memel National Socialists win 26 of 29 seats in the local assembly (Landtag) |
| 1939 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| 22nd Mar Memel Lithuanian military units begin withdrawing from Memel during the early morning hours - Lithuanian district governor Gailus turns power over to the Nazi dominated local assembly - 2 pm Lithuanian delegation arrives in Berlin for talks |
| 22nd Mar Memel The Lithuanian government decides to return the Memel District to the Reich |
| 23rd Mar Memel Article 4 of the state treaty renounces the use of force between Germany and Lithuania, and pledges that neither would support a third country against the other signatory |
| 23rd Mar Memel Germany in in the treaty provides generous support for the economic needs of Lithuania and gave Lithuania the right to establish a Lithuanian Free Zone in the Memel harbor |
| 23rd Mar Memel Lithuanian Foreign Minister Urbsys signs the convention returning Memel to Germany at 1 am retroactive to March 22,1939 |
| 23rd Mar Memel The Kriegsmarine is deprived of a chance to launch a planned amphibious assault but was accorded the honor of delivering the Fueher to the city for a celebration of his last bloodless conquest |
| 23rd Mar Memel The treaty of 23 March affirms the return of the Memel District, which had been separated by the treaty of Versailles , to Germany |
| 24th Mar Memel Adolf Hitler sails into the harbor at Memel at the head of a strong German naval force and spoke to the loyal people of the most remote German territory |
| 30th Mar Memel The Lithuanian parliament approves the convention returning Memel to Germany unanimously and without abstention |
