Category: European history

Pages with category: European history

Europe 1936: Remilitarization of the Rhineland
Europe 1936
Remilitarization of the Rhineland

In late 1935, Italy launched an...

Europe 1936: Outbreak of the Spanish Civil War
Europe 1936
Outbreak of the Spanish Civil War

In Spain, tensions had been rising...

Europe 1938: Anschluss
Europe 1938
Anschluss

1937 saw further global disruption...

Europe 1938: Appeasement at Munich
Europe 1938
Appeasement at Munich

From March 1938, pro-Nazis in the...

Europe 1939: End of Czechoslovakia
Europe 1939
End of Czechoslovakia

The 1938 Munich Agreement did not...

Europe 1939: Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
Europe 1939
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact

In August 1939 Germany surprised the...

Europe 1939: Invasion of Poland
Europe 1939
Invasion of Poland

The signing of the...

Europe 1940: Winter War
Europe 1940
Winter War

On 17 September 1939 the Soviet...

Europe 1940: Invasion of Denmark and Norway
Europe 1940
Invasion of Denmark and Norway

For over six months after the...

Europe 1940: Blitzkrieg in the West
Europe 1940
Blitzkrieg in the West

While the Allies were still dealing...

Europe 1940: Fall of France
Europe 1940
Fall of France

As the British evacuated what troops...

Europe 1940: Battle of Britain
Europe 1940
Battle of Britain

After the French collapse, a...

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