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The Heinkel He 111, one of the technologically advanced aircraft that were designed and produced illegally in the 1930s as part of the clandestine German rearmament. German rearmament (Aufrüstung, German pronunciation: [ˈaʊ̯fˌʀʏstʊŋ]) was a policy and practice of rearmament carried out by Germany from 1918 to 1939 in violation of the Treaty of Versailles, which required German ...
This is a list of wars involving Germany from 962. It includes the Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, the German Democratic Republic (DDR, "East Germany") and the present Federal Republic of Germany (BRD, until German reunification in 1990 known as "West Germany").
Beginning of the Cologne War. 1588: End of the Cologne War. ... 17 November: World War I: ... and the surrender of Germany's war materiel. ...
May 9, at 4:00 PM Germany All forces in Bornholm: c. 12,000 Gerhard von Kamptz: May 9 May 9, at 4:30 PM Germany U-1272: 44-52? Hans Schatteburg May 10 May 10 Surrendered in Bergen: Germany/ Latvia Army Group Courland, in the Courland Pocket: c. 180,000 (165,000 Germans, 15,000 Latvians) [2] Carl Hilpert: May 10 May 10 Germany All forces in ...
24 April: Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Treaty of Berlin, which guarantees Germany's neutrality in any war between the Soviet Union and a third country. [74] 12 May: The Luther government falls as a result of its support for a modified imperial flag for use at the Republic's foreign missions. [75]
The timeline of wars has been split up in the following periods: List of wars: before 1000; List of wars: 1000–1499; List of wars: 1500–1799; List of wars: 1800–1899; List of wars: 1900–1944; List of wars: 1945–1989; List of wars: 1990–2002; List of wars: 2003–present
Third and last page of the German instrument of unconditional surrender signed in Berlin, Germany on 8 May 1945. The German Instrument of Surrender [a] was a legal document effecting the unconditional surrender of the remaining German armed forces to the Allies, ending World War II in Europe.
At the end of World War I much of Germany's wartime production capabilities were still intact. Germany's chemical industry was of particular concern. Germany's production of propellant had increased twenty-fold between 1914 and 1918 under the Hindenburg Program. Dyestuffs firms had been converted to manufacture explosives and nitrogen compounds.