The Nazi Party founded a paramilitary organisation that became the Schutzstaffel, better known as the SS.
21st November 1974: The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people and injure 182
21st November 2020
On the 22nd February 1943, the first three members of the White Rose resistance group were put on trial and executed by guillotine in Germany.
Approximately six hours after Germany’s declaration of war, the United States declared war on Germany.
On the 29th September 1938, Adolf Hitler, Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini and Édouard Daladier reached an agreement on the Nazi annexation of the Sudetenland areas of Czechoslovakia.
The 30th June 1934 saw the Nazis carry out a purge of their own party, when Hitler ordered the SS to murder leading figures of the SA or Brownshirts along with critics of the Nazi regime such as former chancellor von Schleicher.
West Germany’s Federal Archives revealed that forensic tests proved the Hitler Diaries were forgeries.
The Battle of Berlin ended after German General Helmuth Weidling surrendered to Soviet General Vasily Chuikov.
The Spanish Civil War began in July 1936 after a military coup by Spanish forces in North Africa failed to secure complete control over the country.
On the 7th March 1936, the German Army under control of Adolf Hitler violated international agreements by remilitarising the Rhineland.
The German Empire established its first air force, the Fliegertruppe, in 1910 which saw extensive action in the First World War.
12th April 1945: Harry Truman becomes president of the USA
12th April 2021
10th April 1858: The ‘Big Ben’ bell cast in Whitechapel
10th April 2021
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019