The Day of the Aryan Awakening
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June 21, 1939
Reborn German Fleet Maneuvers on High Seas;
Goebbels Speaks at Protest Rally in Danzig;
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August 23, 1939
Hitler Youth on Danube Cruise to Budapest; Danzig SA Defends Border Against Poles;
German Refugees From Poland Tell of Oppression;
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September 7, 1939
World War 2 Begins: Germany Invades Poland; Air and Sea Bombardment of Westerplatte;
German Tanks and Infantry Move Deep into Poland.
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September 14, 1939
Polish Jews and Insurgents Taken to Camps; German Soldiers at Worship in Jasna Gora Church;
Wehrmacht Crosses Vistula River;
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September 20, 1939
Hitler Reviews Troops at the Front; German Women at Work in Munitions Plant;
Tank Columns Advance and Enter Lodz;
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September 27, 1939
House-to-House Combat in Captured Cities; Germans and Soviets Meet at Brest-Litovsk.
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October 25, 1939
German Engineers Re-start Steel Mills in Silesia; German Troops Patrol West Wall Fortifications; U-Boat Captain Prien and Crew Welcomed in Berlin;
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November 14, 1939
New Japanese Foreign Minister Takes Office; Assassination Attempt on Hitler in Munich.
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November 29, 1939
Pre-Military Training for Hitler Youth; Impounded Foreign Ships in Kiel Harbor; Baltic Germans Resettled in Posen;
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December 6, 1939
Sports Events in Spain, Japan and Germany; British Navy Blockades North Sea Countries; Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Over English Coast;
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June 21, 1939
Evacuation of Tientsin by the British; Anti-Air Defense Exercises in Germany.
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January 31, 1940
Ethnic Germans From Russia Return to Fatherland; Goebbels Tours Western Air Defense Zone;
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February 7, 1940
International Winter Games in Bavaria; Hitler Speaks at Berlin Sports Palace; Luftwaffe Planes Sink British Ships in North Sea;
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March 6, 1940
Duce Reviews Elite Militia in Rome; German Wartime Trade Fair in Leipzig; Blitzkrieg Formations in Combat.
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March 14, 1940
Ice Show for Soldiers in Berlin; Hitler Calls for Greatest Victory in German History; German Army Captures First British Soldiers;
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March 28, 1940
Mussolini and Hitler Meet at Brenner Pass; Admiral Raeder Greets Returning U-Boat Crew;
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April 17, 1940
Germany Invades Denmark and Norway; Danish Troops Ordered to Cease Resistance; Oslo Captured by German Troops.
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May 8, 1940
Rudolf Hess Lauds German Socialism; German Troops Push Deep into Norway; British Naval Convoy Retreats From Namsos;
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May 15, 1940
German Invasion of West is Launched; Luxembourg and Belgian Borders Crossed; Blown Bridges Hamper Progress in Holland; Troops Cross Albert Canal by Raft; Maastricht Bridgehead Taken by Germans.
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May 23, 1940
Paratroopersm Dropped Over Holland; SS Leibstandarte Link-up With Paratroopers in Rotterdam; Fort Eben Emael Captured in Belgium; Guderian’s Panzers Breach the Maginot Line;
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June 27, 1940
Alsace-Lorraine Reclaimed by Germany; Marshal Pétain Agrees to German Armistice Terms; German Troops Parade in Paris; Franco-German Cease-fire Signed in Compiègne.
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July 3, 1940
Germany’s Endless Columns Stream Into Conquered France; National Socialist Welfare Aids French Civilian Refugees; Liberating German POWs; French POWs: the Black Brothers of the French Infantry ; German Engineers Spearhead French Reconstruction; Back to Normal in Amsterdam and Brussels; Publishing Westfront in Paris; Parisian Crowds Hear German Peace Terms; Hitler Visits Parisian Landmarks; Fortifying Europe against British Attacks; Germany s Navy Prepares for War with Britain;
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July 10, 1940
Air Defense Drills Staged for King George VI in England; Hitler Greets Victorious Troops in Alsace-Lorraine; The Inseparable Bond between Führer and Soldiers; Hitler and Entourage Visit Strasbourg Cathedral; Hitler Inspects Shattered Maginot Line; The Rhine: firmly in German Hands ; Hitler’s Return to Berlin: Jubilant Germans Greet the Führer; Preparing the Celebration in Berlin; Surging Berliners Salute Hitler’s Motorcade Procession; Hitler and Göring Review Joyous Crowds at Chancellery.
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July 22, 1940
Italy’s Role in Defeating France: Skirmishes on Alpine Front and French Rivera; Mussolini Inspects Alpine Front; Italian Navy Patrols Mediterranean; Italian Fighters in East Africa; Gibraltar: Britain s Mediterranean Choke-point ; Fear Grips the British Empire: Hong Kong; Britain’s Crimes at Lorient; German-French Cooperation in Rebuilding Occupied France; Germans Evacuees Return Home to Merzig; Hitler’s July 19 Reichstag Address: Churchill’s Last Chance for Peace; Joyful Berlin Crowds Greet Returning Wehrmacht Division; Goebbels and General Fromm Hail Victorious Soldiers;
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August 7, 1940
Sport and Exercise for the German Girls League; 1940 German National Art Show Opens in Munich; German Industry and Military Might: Manufacturing Panzers; On the Job: Exercise Programs Prevent Worker Injury; RAF Bombing Raid on Hamburg ; France’s Aggressive Designs Exposed; German Technicians Rebuild France; Everyday English Routines Resume in Channel Islands; U-Boots Return from Battle; Dönitz Awards Iron Cross; Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Missions; Montage of German Air Strikes over England.
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August 23, 1940
28th German East Trade Fair in Königsberg Attracts Hundreds of Thousands; Chemical Fertilizers: Germany s Indispensable Weapon; Salvaging Wrecked Vehicles from Western Campaign; Strength through Joy Sponsors Soldiers Factory Tour; Arms Workers see their Products in Action; German Flak Batteries Deter Enemy Bombing Raids; Field Marshal von Brauchitsch Visits Wounded Soldiers; Hitler Awards Field Marshals with Jeweled Scepters; Italian Bombing Raids Open Campaign against British Somalia; Testing New Long-range Artillery; Luftwaffe Steps up Bombing Raids Against Britain; Total Blockade of Great Britain Begins;