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Germany in World War II

  • French declaration of war on Germany (1939)The defensive treaty with Poland stood as the legal foundation for France's entry into conflict. This agreement obligated Paris to intervene if Berlin…
  • German–Soviet Axis talksOn the 23rd of August 1939, the world watched as two enemies signed a non-aggression pact in Moscow. The German Foreign Minister Joachim Ribbentrop and…
  • U-boatThe first German submarine, the SM U-1, now rests on display at the Laboe Naval Memorial near Kiel. Wilhelm Bauer designed a more advanced three-man…