German invasion of Poland
1939 · Event
The Wehrmacht crosses the Polish border; Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later.
On these timelines: Germany, World War II, Master, Eastern Europe & the Balkans, France
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- German unification (1871)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Peace of Westphalia (1648)
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Hitler's rule of Germany (1933)
- Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
- Reunification of Germany (1990)
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- Great Depression (1929)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Spanish Civil War (1936)
- Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany (1933)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- The Holocaust (1933)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)