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Germans
1989
Germans begins demolishing Berlin Wall
1989
Thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany
1989
East Germans begin their flight to west (via Hungary and Czech)
1988
3 Americans win Nobel in physics; 3 W Germans win chemistry Nobel
1975
Poland and West germany reach accord about returning ethnic Germans
1949
East Germans constitution approved
1945
Germans execute resistance fighters in Amsterdam
1944
Battle of Bastogne-US Gen Patton's 4th Pantzers repulse Germans
1944
Germans demand surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium
1944
Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded
1944
Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands
1944
Germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy
1944
Germans raid Achterhuis, home of Anne Frank and family
1944
Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia
1944
Expulsion of more than 200,000 Tartars from Crimea by Soviet Union begins, they are accused of collaborating with the Germans
1944
Germans launch counteroffensive at Anzio Italy
1943
Germans attack Jews in Denmark
1943
USAF bombs Germans in Troina
1943
5th day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Verchopenje
1943
3rd day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Dubrova
1942
Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along Don front
1942
British destroyer Campbeltown explodes in St-Nazaire: 400 Germans die
1941
USS Reuben James torpedoed by Germans, even though U.S. is not in war
1941
Germans launch attack on Moscow
1941
Germans invade Dubno Poland, giving permission to Ukrainians to do whatever they want to 12,000 Jews living there
1941
Germans advanced into Russia and took Vilna, Brest-Litovsk and Kaunas
1941
Germans made their last major air attack on Britain
1940
London's Waterloo Station bombed by Germans
1940
In WW II, Germans capture Ostend and Ypres in Belgium and Lille in France
1939
Warsaw Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance
1939
Battle of Kutno-pocket: Germans advance to Warsaw
1938
Crystal Night - Germans break windows owned by Jews
1938
Adolph Hitler demands self-determination for Sudeten Germans in Czech
1938
Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self government
1936
Nazi propaganda claims 99% of Germans voted for Nazi candidates
1931
100,000 extreme-right Germans form "Harzburger Front"
1918
Germans, aimed at an armistice, Germans agree to further concessions
1918
7 U.S. soldiers are surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York is given command and shoots 20 Germans and captures 132 more
1918
Sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans
1918
Allies forced Germans back across Hindenburg Line
1918
Battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allieds beat Germans
1916
French defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun
1916
Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun
1916
Charles Fryatt, British capt of SS Brussels, executed by Germans, dies
1916
Germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930
1915
Edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II)
1915
Battle of Loos, almost 430,000 French, British and Germans killed
1915
Warsaw, evacuated by the Russians, is occupied by Germans
1914
Legendary/unofficial "Christmas Truce" takes place (Brits and Germans)
1914
Germans arrest A Max, mayor of Brussels
1914
Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I
1914
Battle of Aisne begins between Germans and French during WW I
1914
Battle of Marne; Germans prevented from occupying Paris
1914
Battle of Marne (WW I) begins: Germans chase out Russians
1914
Battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian/British troops
1914
Battle at Gumbinnen, East-Prussia: Russian beat Germans
1914
Lithuiana surrenders to Germans
1881
250,000 Germans petition to bar foreign Jews from entering Germany
1814
Battle at Masurische Meren: Germans chase Russ out of E Prussia
1592
John Eliot, St. Germans Cornwall, English MP/author
1241
Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles and Germans
451
Germans and Romans beat Atiila the Hun at Catalarinische Fields
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