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10 March – Carl Reinecke, German composer, conductor and pianist (born 1824) [3] 7 May – Bernhard Cossmann, German cellist (born 1822) 27 May – Robert Koch, German physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1843) [4] 10 July – Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (born 1812) 26 August – Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen, pathologist ...
Uprising of 1953 in East Germany: 100,000 protestors gathered at dawn, demanding the reinstatement of old work quotas and, later, the resignation of the East German government. At noon German police trapped many of the demonstrators in an open square; Soviet tanks fired on the crowd, killing hundreds and ending the protest. 1954: 4 July
On 1 March, Nazi Germany took over the region and appointed Josef Bürckel as Reichskommissar für die Rückgliederung des Saarlandes, "Realm Commissioner for the re-union of Saarland". As the new Gau was extended to the Rhine, including the historic Palatinate, the region's name was changed again on 8 April 1940 to Gau Saarpfalz (Saar
The 1910s (pronounced "nineteen-tens" often shortened to the "'10s" or the "Tens") was the decade that began on January 1, 1910, and ended on December 31, 1919.. The 1910s represented the culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the second half of the 19th century.
Ettersberg, Germany [s 4] Raising a Flag over the Reichstag: 2 May 1945 Yevgeny Khaldei: Berlin, Germany The photograph depicts the raising of the Soviet flag during Battle of Berlin. [47] [s 3] Atomic Cloud Rises Over Nagasaki: 9 August 1945 Charles Levy Nagasaki, Japan [s 2] [s 3] [s 5] V-J Day in Times Square: 14 August 1945
4 January — World War II: (Axis powers): Luftwaffe General Hermann Göring assumes control of most war industries in Germany.; 10 January — World War II: Mechelen Incident: A German plane carrying secret plans for the invasion of western Europe makes a forced landing in Belgium, leading to mobilization of defense forces in the Low Countries.
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").
By 1900, Germany was the dominant power on the European continent and its rapidly expanding industry had surpassed Britain's while provoking it in a naval arms race. Germany led the Central Powers in World War I, but was defeated, partly occupied, forced to pay war reparations, and stripped of its colonies and significant territory along its ...