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References

German Timeline

https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005177 - found 17/4/17

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-annexes-austria - found 16/4/17, site updated 2017

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact - found 16/4/17, site updated 2017

http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-north-africa-campaign.htm - found 10/4/17, article published 12/6/06

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extermination_camp#Gassings - found 10/4/17, site updated 2017

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad - found 10/4/17

- found 10/4/17, article updated 17/7/15

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/higher/history/roadwar/anschluss/revision/2/ - found 18/4/17, site updated 2014

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/tr-austria.htm - found 17/4/17, article puplished 2001

https://www.britannica.com/event/German-Soviet-Nonaggression-Pact - found 16/4/17, article updated 18/2/09

By Sydney James

From 1936 to 1945

Events that directly effeced Germany

1938 March

Germany absorbs Austria

1936 November 25th

In early 1938, the Nazis from Austria planned to takeover the Austrian government by attacking them, and then unite their nation with Nazi Germany. The Austrian Chancellor, Kurt von Schuschnigg heard about the Nazi’s plan, and met with Hitler to agree to let his country be free from the attack, but it did not work and the invasion was to still go on. On March 12, Hitler and his German troops took over the Austrian government and Austria was known as part of Germany, called Greater Germany.

Germany forms alliance with Italy and Japan

1938 November 9th

Germany and SU sign German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact

On November 25 in 1936, Germany and Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact that was directed to the Soviet Union. Almost a year later on November 6, Italy joined this pact to form a three way alliance.

On the 23 of August in 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, who were enemies prior to this, signed the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact. This was an agreement that made neither country fight each other in war for the following 10 years.

1939 October

Nazi Euthanasia (T4 killings)

Also known as the T4 killings, in October 1939, Hitler ordered a widespread on ‘mercy killings’. This meant that everybody that was sick, injured, ‘unworthy of living’, diseased, Jews, Gypsies and Negroes, should be killed immediately, because they were not up to standard according to Hitler. Babies that were suspected to have something wrong with them but didn’t, were killed, and people without full German citizenships. This continued until 1941.

1941 November

1940 June

The British invade North Africa

Germany invades Britain by air

Germany had lost almost all of their navy by 1940, and decided to bomb Britain from the sky. These bombs did substantial damage to radar facilities and parts of London. It made Britain angry and wanting to attack back, so they hurried along their aircraft and army production. This lead to the battle of Britain which was basically an air attack between German and British air forces.

At first, it was a battle between Italy and Britain. It started in 1935 because Britain had been relying on Middle-Eastern Oil, and Asian raw materials. However, the North African government didn’t like that Britain was using all of the Middle-Eastern oil that the African’s could be getting instead. The war between Italy and Britain began in Egypt and gradually made it’s way down south, where the Brits pushed the Italians out of Egypt, and moved on to take over North Africa in 1941. German forces, yet, at the same time, were making their way all the way to Northern Africa to help the Italian troops fight the Brits. After the Italian troops had left, the Germans just fought the British by them selves, and for the first time, the Allies won.

1941 Fall

Germans think they can beat Russia before winter

1945 May 7th

The German army thought that they could get all the way to Russia before winter hit, and beat them. They didn’t think of any other out come, so they stayed in their summer uniform. On their way to Russia, they created a side army who’s job was to eliminate all Jews and misfits on their way. The ended up killing 33, 771 Jews before reaching Russia. When the Germans got to Russia, it was winter, and they were still in summer uniform. Majority of the German soldiers died from hypothermia and others from Russian tanks and warm, prepared Russian soldiers.

Most countries of the Allies, had isolated large parts of the German army in their countries. This was making sure that they could not win any more battles because of their decreased amount of soldiers all in one place. The Germans finally surrendered after Adolf Hitler decided that there was no more war to be won, and he committed suicide. First, on April 29, two German officers were asked to sign the surrender in the headquarters of British officers. 3 days later, the German army kept in Berlin, put up their white flag, surrendering to the Soviet army. One of the head German leaders, then sent a representative to Britain, to meet with one of their main leaders, to discuss further surrenders. Admiral Von Friedeberg, the German representative, sought to surrender all German troops fighting in Northern Germany and even in East Russia. General Bernard Montgomery, the British General, disagreed due to the fact that these Germans, were not directly fighting any of the British troops, and the surrender would have no effect on his army. The next morning, Friedenberg returned to Montgomery’s head quarters, and decided to surrender al troops in Denmark, Holland and Northern Germany. The terms set out, applied that the Germans surrenders unconditionally. The American president; Eisenhower, then asked to meet with the German Generals in France, to negotiate German surrender of all troops fighting in war. Eisenhower said that there were no surrender terms, and that the Germans must surrender unconditionally. The had no choice and the Germans signed the last document that agreed of Germany’s unconditional surrender.

1942

1943 July

The Battle of Stalingrad

Germans begin using gas to exterminate

Stalingrad was an industrial city, in South West Russia. In July 1943, the Germans had decided to move on past Russia, and try to conquer the oil producing country. Hitler had panned to eliminate the Soviet Union so that he could have more control over the transportation and resources coming in and out of Stalingrad. The USSR however, was already ready, and fought back even harder against the Nazi army. The Soviet Union ended up wining against the Nazis which put the Allies in front in the war and gave the German army a big shock. This ended up being called the Battle of Stalingrad.

In 1942, Gas extermination began to take place in German concentration camps. The soldiers running the camps thought that mass extermination would make their job a whole lot easier. They began to experiment with gas chambers, insisting that prisoners enter them thinking they would be having a shower, but instead, being locked in a big room, filled with over a hundred others, and being killed by toxic gasses filling up the room. This was found to be much easier and more efficient than shooting individuals one by one. 750 prisoners could be killed in a gas chamber within the space of 35 minutes. Furthermore, gas chambers were found to be a great deal cheaper for the German army.

Germans surrender unconditionally

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