Approximately six hours after Germany’s declaration of war, the United States declared war on Germany.
29th July 1588: Decisive Battle of Gravelines during the Spanish Armada
29th July 2018
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.
The Battle of Monte Cassino began when Allied forces launched the first of four attacks against the Gustav Line in Italy.
In November 1923 Hitler was imprisoned after he led a failed coup against the Weimar Government by trying to seize power in the Bavarian city of Munich.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
10th September 2020
19th January 1920: Foundation of the American Civil Liberties Union
19th January 2021
18th January 1919: The Paris Peace Conference begins
18th January 2021
17th January 1991: Gulf War combat begins with Operation Desert Storm
17th January 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