Tag: Nazi

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8th September 1941: Start of the Siege of Leningrad

• 8th September 2026
• Tagged as: Germany, Great Patriotic War, Lebensraum, Leningrad, Nazi, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Second World War, Siege, USSR

The Siege of Leningrad, one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, began.

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7th September 1940: The Nazi German Luftwaffe launches The Blitz

• 7th September 2026
• Tagged as: Battle of Britain, Blitz, Britain, Germany, Hitler, London, Nazi, Second World War

The Nazi German Luftwaffe launched the first of 57 consecutive days and nights of bombing raids on London in what became known as the Blitz.

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23rd August 1944: King Michael of Romania leads a coup d’etat against Ion Antonescu

• 23rd August 2026
• Tagged as: Coup, Ion Antonescu, Michael I, Nazi, Romania, Second World War

King Michael I of Romania led a coup d’état that removed the Nazi-aligned government of Ion Antonescu.

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30th June 1934: Hitler purges the Nazi party in the Night of the Long Knives

• 30th June 2026
• Tagged as: Assassination, Control, Dictatorship, Germany, Hitler, Murder, Nazi, Night of the Long Knives, Rohm, SA

Although the popular name suggests the purge lasted for one night, the executions went on throughout the weekend.

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22nd June 1941: Operation Barbarossa begins as German forces and their allies invade the Soviet Union during the Second World War

• 22nd June 2026
• Tagged as: Germany, Hitler, Nazi, Operation Barbarossa, Russia, Second World War, Soviet Union, Stalin, USSR, World War 2, WW2

By the end of 1940 Hitler had authorised the invasion of the USSR, with the intention of securing agricultural land and raw materials, alongside the eradication of communism.

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10th May 1941: Rudolf Hess, Deputy Führer of the German Nazi Party, flew from Germany to Scotland on a mission to strike a peace deal with the British government

• 10th May 2026
• Tagged as: Aircraft, Britain, Germany, Nazi, Nuremberg Trials, Rudolf Hess, Scotland, Second World War, Spandau Prison, World War 2

Hess landed twelve miles away from his intended destination of Dungavel House, the home of the Duke of Hamilton, with whom he hoped to open peace negotiations.

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1st April 1924: Adolf Hitler found guilty of treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch and sentenced to five years in jail

• 1st April 2026
• Tagged as: Beer Hall Putsch, Crime, Germany, Hitler, Munich, Nazi, Politics, Revolution, Weimar

Hitler’s detention provided him with the opportunity to write Mein Kampf, his blueprint for power, and to rethink the tactics he would use to take that power in Germany.

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8th March 1950: Volkswagen Type 2 ‘Camper’ van enters production, also known as the Transporter or Bus

• 8th March 2026
• Tagged as: Automobile, Germany, Industry, Nazi, Science, Second World War, Technology, Transport, Volkswagen

The Type 2 finally debuted on 12 November and by the end of its first year over nine and a half thousand vehicles had rolled off the production line.

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27th February 1933: Reichstag building in Berlin set on fire in an arson attack

• 27th February 2026
• Tagged as: Arson, Communist, Fire, Germany, Hitler, Nazi, Reichstag, Van Der Lubbe

Communists were blamed for starting the fire in the Reichstag, and Dutch communist Marinus van der Lubbe was found and arrested.

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13th January 1935: The Territory of the Saar Basin voted in a plebiscite to reunite with Germany

• 13th January 2026
• Tagged as: France, Germany, Hitler, Nazi, Plebiscite, Politics, Propaganda, Saar, Treaty of Versailles, Vote

Voter turnout in the plebiscite was 98% of all eligible voters in the Saar, and 90.8% of them chose to re-join the German Reich.