1939 ⟶ Germany Annexes Klaipėda Region
Germany annexes the Klaipėda Region.
Year
1938
1939
1940
🇩🇪 Germany Annexes Klaipėda Region
Germany annexes the Klaipėda Region.⟶
annexationGermanyKlaipedaMemelterritorial expansionLithuaniaBaltic statesNazi Germanypre-waraggression
🇩🇪 Germany Annexes Bohemia and Moravia
Germany occupies and annexes Bohemia and Moravia-Silesia in violation of the Munich Agreement. The Czechs do not attempt to put up any organized resistance, having lost their main defensive line with the annexation of the Sudetenland.⟶
GermanyCzechoslovakiaAnnexationMunich AgreementOccupationEuropePre-WarBohemiaMoravia
📜 Germany Demands Klaipėda Region from Lithuania
German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop delivers an oral ultimatum to Lithuania, demanding that it cede the Klaipėda Region (German name Memel) to Germany.⟶
ultimatumLithuaniaGermanyKlaipedaMemelterritorial claimdiplomacyexpansionismBaltic Statespre-war tensions
