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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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