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Aircraftwoman 1st Class. Aircraftwoman 2nd Class. Women's Royal Naval Service (1939–1952) v. t. e. Chief Wren. Petty Officer Wren. Leading Wren.
From 1919 through the 1980s, women comprised about 10 percent of the Bundestag. The Green Party had a 50 percent quota, so that increased the numbers. Since the late 1990s, women have reached a critical mass in German politics. Women's increased presence in government since 2000 is due to generational change.
The Kriegsmarine is given the first priority on the allotment of German economic resources. Hitler's prophecy speech in the Reichstag, 30 January 1939. 30 January – Hitler gives a speech before the Reichstag calling for an "export battle" to increase German foreign exchange holdings. The same speech also sees Hitler's "prophecy" where he ...
Bibliography. v. t. e. 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 ...
21 October — World War II: Aachen, the first German city to fall, is captured by American troops. 25 October — World War II: The Red Army liberates Kirkenes, the first town in Norway to be liberated. 30 October — Holocaust: The last gassings take places at Auschwitz. 25 November — Holocaust: Himmler orders the destruction of the ...
November 30, 1939 – March 12, 1940: The Soviet Union invades Finland, initiating the so-called Winter War. The Finns sue for an armistice and cede the northern shores of Lake Ladoga to the Soviet Union. They also cede the small Finnish coastline on the Arctic Ocean. April 9 – June 9: Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrenders on ...
Finnish ski troops in Northern Finland January 12, 1940. 1 February: The Japanese Diet announces a record high budget with over half its expenditures being military.; 5 February: Britain and France decide to intervene in Norway to cut off the iron ore trade in anticipation of an expected German occupation and ostensibly to open a route to assist Finland.
1939: 23 August: The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was signed, promising mutual non-aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union and agreeing to a division of much of Eastern Europe between those two countries. 1 September: Invasion of Poland: Germany invaded Poland. 22 December Genthin rail disaster: 1940 9 April