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Military history of Germany during World War II
- French declaration of war on Germany (1939)France's 1939 declaration of war was a speech, not just treaty language.
- Commissar OrderIn 1941, Germany ordered captured Soviet political commissars shot on the spot.
- Hunger PlanIn May 1941, German officials planning the Hunger Plan wrote that tens of millions would starve.
- Anglo-German Naval AgreementThe Anglo-German Naval Agreement brought Adolf Hitler what he called "the happiest day of his life". The treaty was an arms limitation pact between the United Kingdom and Germany, signed in London in 1935. On paper it dealt with the dry…
- German prisoners of war in the Soviet UnionAfter Stalingrad, 91,000 German survivors became Soviet prisoners. Only approximately 6,000 of them lived to go home.
- End of World War II in EuropeOne signature in a Reims schoolhouse ended World War II in Europe. Jodl signed at 02:41 on the 7th of May.
- Molotov–Ribbentrop PactHitler decided Stalin looked like a man he could do business with. Their 1939 pact split Eastern Europe in secret.
- Anglo-Iraqi WarIn May 1941, a British flying school struck first against a besieging Iraqi army.
- German Army (1935–1945)Germany's army hit its goal of 36 divisions just 17 months after Hitler announced rearmament in 1935.
- Blockade of Germany (1939–1945)Britain's blockade of Germany leaked through the Soviet Union, which resold American goods to the Nazis.