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26 August – The Kriegsmarine orders all German-flagged merchant ships to head to German ports immediately in anticipation of the invasion of Poland. 1 September – At 04.45 Central European Time, the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opens bombardment on the Westerplatte , a Polish military base outside Danzig , firing what are, according ...
This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by France and Britain two days ...
1939 was a common year ... 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, ... May 14 – Lina Medina, a 5-year-old Peruvian girl, gives birth to a baby boy, ...
The Invasion of Poland, [e] also known as the September Campaign, [f] Polish Campaign, [g] and Polish Defensive War of 1939 [h] [13] (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II. [14]
German government officials congratulating Hitler at the Reichskanzlei in Berlin Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday was celebrated as a national holiday throughout Nazi Germany on 20 April 1939. Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels made sure the events organised in Berlin were a lavish spectacle focusing on Hitler himself.
Between 1939 and 1941, German forces invaded Poland, Denmark, Norway, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Greece, and the Soviet Union. [100] Germany annexed parts of northern Yugoslavia in April 1941, [ 113 ] [ 114 ] while Mussolini ceded Trieste , South Tyrol , and Istria to Germany in 1943.
1939: 1989: Population distribution by country in 1939. This is a list of countries by population in 1939 (including any dependent, ... Germany [2] [3] [8] subdivisions
The following historical and current German state entities were taken into account: Holy Roman Empire (962–1806) German Confederation (1815–1866) German Reich (1871–1949) German Democratic Republic (1949–1990) Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present) Current information can be found in the list of cities in Germany by population.