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1920

8 March: South Schleswig votes to rejoin Germany by 90%.
14 March: Central Schleswig votes for reunification with Germany.
20 March: North Schleswig votes for reunion with Germany by 90%.
31 March: Adolf Hitler is deported back to Austria for being a political spy in the Wehrmacht.
20 June: Stresemann becomes Foreign Minister of Germany.

1921

16 January: Aristide Briand becomes Prime Minister of France.
21 March: Upper Silesia votes to rejoin Germany.
24 March: Polish forces invade Upper Silesia.
25 March: Stresemann persuades Briand to force the Poles to leave.

1922

15 January: Stresemann secures loans to Germany, fixing the Reichsmark to a gold standard.
16 April: The Treaty of Rapallo is signed between Germany and Soviet Russia. Both countries renounce territorial and financial claims against the other.
27 October: Mussolini establishes his Fascist dictatorship in Italy.

1923

11 January: Following a late reparations payment, Stresemann persuade France to not invade the Ruhr.
3 June: Stresemann becomes Chancellor of Germany.
18 September: Germany presses for a plebiscite to be held in Eupen-Malmedy, who vote to rejoin Germany.
22 November: After German requests for a plebiscite to be held in Alsace-Lorraine, a referendum is held in the region.
23 November: When it becomes known that the result is a stalemate, France threatens to invade unless Germany backs down.
24 November: Britain proposes a division of the region into Alsace (ceded to Germany) and Lorraine (ceded to France). Although Germany quickly accepts, France grumbles and complains before accepting the proposal.

1924

28 February: The German President makes a state visit to Britain. This marks an era of reconciliation between the two nations.
1 December: The Treaty of Locarno is signed between Germany and the western countries. Germany accepts her western borders.

1925

14 January: Germany joins the League of Nations and becomes the fifth permanant Council member.
10 September: After German lobbying for a referendum in the Memel territory, the region votes in favour of reunification.
3 October: The Nobel Committee announces that the Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to Austen Chaimberland, Aristide Briand and Gustav Stresemann for the Locarno Treaty.

1926

24 April: The Treaty of Berlin is signed between Germany and the Soviet Union. Both countries pledge neutrality in the event of a attack by another country.

1927

9 November: The Treaty of Munich is signed by Germany and Czechoslovakia formally recognizing the border between Germany and Czechoslovakia in return for concessions to the German minority in the Sudetenland, including recognition of German as an official language of Czechoslovakia and a minimum number of spots in the Czech cabinet for ethnic Germans.

1928

24 October: Chancellor Stresemann dies of a heart attack. A day of national mourning is decreed.

1929

10 December: The Wall Street stock market collapses and starts the Great Depression.

1930

30 June: Germany, France and Britain agree to a moratorium on reparations.

1931

11 August: The Austrian Creditanstalt collapses.
13 September: The German bank crisis occurs.

1932

20 April: Germany presses for a plebiscite in Posen. Britain ignores Polish protests and accepts.
24 April: Posen votes to rejoin Germany.

1933

7 August: Carl Goerdeler becomes Chancellor of Germany.

1934

21 March: Hitler instigates the Austrian Civil War. Hitler's faction attacks Dolfuss' faction. Socialist take Vienna. Albert Einstein leaves Austria for Germany.
5 May: The League of Nations declares an arms embargo on both sides of the Austrian Civil War. Italy and the Soviet Union promptly break the embargo.

1935

13 January: The Saar region votes to rejoin Germany.
20 May: Under pressure from Great Britain and with worsening economic problems, France acquiesces to "limited" German rearmament.
30 August: A token military force enters the Rhineland. The French government proclaims this as a great diplomatic victory, as the German force is not even strong enough to defend the Rhineland, posting no threat to France. The German government points to this as the full restoration of German sovereignty and the return of Germany as a full member of the international family of nations.
3 October: Italian troops invade Abyssinia.

1936

30 May: Italy annexes Abyssinia after over a year of fighting.
29 June: After the League's condemnation of the invasion, Italy leaves the League of Nations.
10 July: The Spanish Civil War begins.
1 September: Dolfuss' faction defeats the Socialists in Vienna but are promptly attacked by Hitler's faction.
20 September: Fed up with the chaos in Austria and now civil war in Spain, Britain and France agree to allow Germany to intervene in Austria. German troops stream over the border and are regarded as saviours by the war-weary Austrians. To further reassure Britain and France as well as to cement growing relations, Germany and Czechoslovakia sign a treaty of mutual defence.
21 October: Hitler commits suicide in his mountain retreat, rather than surrender. Both Dolfuss' and Hitler's factions have surrender. Dolfuss retires from politics.
9 December: Italy acquiesces to a German occupation of Austria and a vote on an Anschluss between the two countries.

1937

14 February: The Austrians ovewhelmingly vote in favour of unification with Germany. Although the Treaty of St Germaine forbade a union with Germany, the Reich points out that they were not party to that agreement and the Austrian government had ceased to exist. World sentiment favours the unification.
15 March: Concerned at the close ties that have developed between Soviet military officers and the Germans during the years of co-operation of the 1920s, Stalin launches a purge of the Red Army that cripples the army for the next few years.
12 April: Italy and Hungary form a mutual defence pact, called the Rome-Budapest Axis by Mussolini.
24 July: Germany proposes a referendum in the Polish Corridor and Danzig. Poland opposes the idea.
20 August: Thinking that Poland could win the referendums and noting that a significant portion of the Wehrmacht will still be in Austria, the Polish President demands that the referendums must be held before mid-September: Germany accepts this demand.
15 September: The Polish Corridor plebiscite is held and favours reunification with Germany.
16 September: When the results of the referendum become known, Poland insists that the Germans rigged it and begin moving troops into the Corridor as a "stablising measure." Hours later, heavy German troop movement is reported all along the Polish border. Even the Czechs appear to be mobilising.
17 September: The Germans launch an aerial invasion of the Polish Corridor. Paratroops land throughout the Corridor within the lines of the Polish forces. The Polish troops flee in confusion. Troops moving in from Germany take advantage of the confusion and punch through to East Prussia.
25 September: The British and French Prime Minsters meet with the German leaders to discuss the Polish Crisis. The German Chancellor promises the British and the French that they have no more land claims on Poland. In return, Britain and France agree to support the German annexation.

1938

15 January: Poland formally joins the Axis.
1 May: Germany, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Czechoslovakia announce a European Alliance to defend against Communism and fascism. Britain quietly gives assurances of support for the group as well.

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1939

9 February: Bulgaria joins the Axis.
17 April: Italy invades Albania.
23 June: The Spanish Civil war ends, Franco's forces have defeated the Republican government and taken Madrid.
1 October: Italy, Hungary and Bulgaria launch a surprise invasion of Yugoslavia. German forces in former Austria begin mobilizing. Britain and France demand that the Axis' meet for mediation.
4 November: The Trieste Conference results in Italy, Bulgaria and Hungary receiving some token concessions.
9 December: Yugoslavia joins the European Alliance.

1940

1 September: Romanian negotiations to join the Axis break down over demands of land concessions to Hungary and Bulgaria. Fearing that the Romanians may instead join the European Alliance, Hungary and Bulgaria launch an invasion of Romania.
25 December: Bulgarian and Hungarian forces withdraw from Romania.

1941

20 January: Romania joins the European Alliance.
9 August: The Second Russo-Japanese War starts.
12 August: The Japanese Navy pound the Russian Fleet into oblivion and proceed to shell the port and naval base to pieces.
18 August: The Japanese capture Sakhalin Island.

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-'''1920'''
+==1920==
-*8 March: South Schleswig votes to rejoin Germany by 70%.
-*14 March: Central Schleswig votes to rejoin Germany by 80%.
-*20 March: North Schleswig votes to rejoin Germany by 90%.
-*19 April: Germany and Bolshevist Russia agree to exchange prisoners of war.
+*8 March: South Schleswig votes to rejoin Germany by 90%.
+*14 March: Central Schleswig votes for reunification with Germany.
+*20 March: North Schleswig votes for reunion with Germany by 90%.
+*31 March: Adolf Hitler is deported back to Austria for being a political spy in the Wehrmacht.
+*20 June: Stresemann becomes Foreign Minister of Germany.
-'''1921'''
+==1921==
-*16 January: Briand is elected President of France and begins negotiations with Foreign Minister Stresemann about reparations.
-*23 March: A plebiscite in Upper Silesia favours reunion with Germany.
-*3 May: Polish forces invade Upper Silesia.
-*4 May: Stresemann persuades Briand to force the Poles to leave.
+*16 January: Aristide Briand becomes Prime Minister of France.
+*21 March: Upper Silesia votes to rejoin Germany.
+*24 March: Polish forces invade Upper Silesia.
+*25 March: Stresemann persuades Briand to force the Poles to leave.
-'''1922'''
+==1922==
-*15 January: Stresemann secures loans to Germany, fixing the REichsmark to a gold standard.
-*16 April: The Treaty of Rapallo is signed between Germany and Soviet Russia. Both countries renounce all territorial and financial claims against each other.
-*23 October: The German army crushes the Communist government in Saxony.
-*27 October: Mussolini establishes his fascist dictatorship in Italy.
+*15 January: Stresemann secures loans to Germany, fixing the Reichsmark to a gold standard.
+*16 April: The Treaty of Rapallo is signed between Germany and Soviet Russia. Both countries renounce territorial and financial claims against the other.
+*27 October: Mussolini establishes his Fascist dictatorship in Italy.
-'''1923'''
+==1923==
-*11 January: After a late reparations delivery, Stresemann persuades Briand to not send troops into the Ruhr.
-*13 August: Stresemann becomes the Chancellor of Germany and retains the portfolio of Foreign Minister.
-*4 December: A plebiscite in Eupen-Malmedy favours reunification with Germany.
+*11 January: Following a late reparations payment, Stresemann persuade France to not invade the Ruhr.
+*3 June: Stresemann becomes Chancellor of Germany.
+*18 September: Germany presses for a plebiscite to be held in Eupen-Malmedy, who vote to rejoin Germany.
+*22 November: After German requests for a plebiscite to be held in Alsace-Lorraine, a referendum is held in the region.
+*23 November: When it becomes known that the result is a stalemate, France threatens to invade unless Germany backs down.
+*24 November: Britain proposes a division of the region into Alsace (ceded to Germany) and Lorraine (ceded to France). Although Germany quickly accepts, France grumbles and complains before accepting the proposal.
-'''1924'''
+==1924==
-*15 January: After lobbying from the German government, a plebiscite is held in Alsace-Lorraine. It results in a stalemate and France threatens to invade unless Germany backs down. The German government propsoses a division of Alsace-Lorraine into Alsace (ceded to Germany) and Lorraine (ceded to France). Britain demands that France accept this proposal and eventually the French back down.
-*28 February: President Ebert makes a state visit to Great Britain. This marks an era of reconcialation between Britain and Germany.
-*18 June: A plebiscite in Posen favours reunion with Germany.
-*1 December: The Treaty of Locarno is signed between Germnay and the Western countries, fixing Germany's western borders.
+*28 February: The German President makes a state visit to Britain. This marks an era of reconciliation between the two nations.
+*1 December: The Treaty of Locarno is signed between Germany and the western countries. Germany accepts her western borders.
-'''1925'''
+==1925==
-*14 January: Germany joins the League of Nations and becomes the fifth permanent Council member.
-*10 September: Germany successfully lobbies for a referendum in the Memel region, and they vote in favor of reunification with Germany.
-*3 October: The Nobel Committee announces that the Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to Austen Chamberlain, Aristide Briand, and Gustav Stresemann for the Treaty of Locarno.
+*14 January: Germany joins the League of Nations and becomes the fifth permanant Council member.
+*10 September: After German lobbying for a referendum in the Memel territory, the region votes in favour of reunification.
+*3 October: The Nobel Committee announces that the Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to Austen Chaimberland, Aristide Briand and Gustav Stresemann for the Locarno Treaty.
-'''1926'''
+==1926==
-*24 April: Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Berlin Treaty, pledging neutrality in case of an attack on the other by a third party.
+*24 April: The Treaty of Berlin is signed between Germany and the Soviet Union. Both countries pledge neutrality in the event of a attack by another country.
-'''1927'''
+==1927==
-*9 November: Stresemann concludes the Treaty of Munich with Czechoslovakia, formally recognizing the border between Germany and Czechoslovakia in return for concessions to the German minority in the Sudetenland, including recognition of German as an official language of Czechoslovakia and a minimum number of spots in the Czech cabinet for ethnic Germans.
+*9 November: The Treaty of Munich is signed by Germany and Czechoslovakia formally recognizing the border between Germany and Czechoslovakia in return for concessions to the German minority in the Sudetenland, including recognition of German as an official language of Czechoslovakia and a minimum number of spots in the Czech cabinet for ethnic Germans.
-'''1928'''
+==1928==
-*24 October: Chancellor Stresemann dies of a heart attack. President Hindenburg decrees one day of national mourning.
+*24 October: Chancellor Stresemann dies of a heart attack. A day of national mourning is decreed.
-'''1929'''
+==1929==
-*9 December: The stock market in Wall Street collapses and causes the Great Depression.
+*10 December: The Wall Street stock market collapses and starts the Great Depression.
-'''1930'''
+==1930==
-*20 June: Germany, Britain and France agree to a moratorium on reparations.
+*30 June: Germany, France and Britain agree to a moratorium on reparations.
-'''1931'''
+==1931==
-*11 May: Austria's largest bank collapses. Much of Central Europe sinks into further economic depression.
-*13 May: The Reichsbank begins to collapse but is saved by small loans from Britain and the United States.
+*11 August: The Austrian Creditanstalt collapses.
+*13 September: The German bank crisis occurs.
 '''1932'''
+*20 April: Germany presses for a plebiscite in Posen. Britain ignores Polish protests and accepts.
-*30 March: The German government undergoes a reformation and makes changes to the structure of the Reichsbank.
+*24 April: Posen votes to rejoin Germany.
-*25 November: A new constitution is signed in Berlin, eradicating things like Article 48 and proportional representation.
-'''1933'''
+==1933==
+*7 August: Carl Goerdeler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
-*31 March: In Germany, the Construction Act is enacted and starts public work schemes such as the building of authbahns.
-*17 November: Government buildings undergo a refurbishment period but they are actually being replaced with more pleasant looking designs.
-'''1934'''
+==1934==
-*21 March: The Austrian Civil War starts between the Communists and the Fascists. The League of Nations declares an arms embargo on Austria.
+*21 March: Hitler instigates the Austrian Civil War. Hitler's faction attacks Dolfuss' faction. Socialist take Vienna. Albert Einstein leaves Austria for Germany.
+*5 May: The League of Nations declares an arms embargo on both sides of the Austrian Civil War. Italy and the Soviet Union promptly break the embargo.
-*23 March: Many scientists emigrate from Austria to Germany, including Albert Einstein.
-*19 December: Germany, Britain and France demand that Italy and the Soviet Union end their involvement in the Austrian Civil War.
-'''1935'''
+==1935==
-*13 January: The Saar region votes to rejoin Germany by 90% in a plebiscite.
+*13 January: The Saar region votes to rejoin Germany.
-*20 May: Under pressure from Great Britain and with worsening economic problems, France acquiesces to "limited" German rearmament. Afterward, the rapid ‘development’ of the Wehrmacht makes previous German covert rearming apparent, but the Great Powers turn a blind eye to this.
+*20 May: Under pressure from Great Britain and with worsening economic problems, France acquiesces to "limited" German rearmament.
-*20 August: A token military force enters the Rhineland. The French government proclaims this as a great diplomatic victory, as the German force is not even strong enough to defend the Rhineland, posting no threat to France. The German government points to this as the full restoration of German sovereignty and the return of Germany as a full member of the international family of nations.
+*30 August: A token military force enters the Rhineland. The French government proclaims this as a great diplomatic victory, as the German force is not even strong enough to defend the Rhineland, posting no threat to France. The German government points to this as the full restoration of German sovereignty and the return of Germany as a full member of the international family of nations.
+*3 October: Italian troops invade Abyssinia.
-'''1936'''
+==1936==
+*30 May: Italy annexes Abyssinia after over a year of fighting.
-*10 July: The Spanish Civil War starts between Franco's fascist troops and the Republican government.
+*29 June: After the League's condemnation of the invasion, Italy leaves the League of Nations.
-*20 September: Fed up with the war in Austria and civil war in Spain, Britain and France allow Germany to intervene. German troops stream over the border and are greeted as saviours by the war-weary Austrians.
+*10 July: The Spanish Civil War begins.
-*21 October: The Austrian Civil War comes to an end as Austria is under German military administration.
+*1 September: Dolfuss' faction defeats the Socialists in Vienna but are promptly attacked by Hitler's faction.
-*23 October: Germany and Czechoslovakia sign a pact of mutual defence.
+*20 September: Fed up with the chaos in Austria and now civil war in Spain, Britain and France agree to allow Germany to intervene in Austria. German troops stream over the border and are regarded as saviours by the war-weary Austrians. To further reassure Britain and France as well as to cement growing relations, Germany and Czechoslovakia sign a treaty of mutual defence.
+*21 October: Hitler commits suicide in his mountain retreat, rather than surrender. Both Dolfuss' and Hitler's factions have surrender. Dolfuss retires from politics.
+*9 December: Italy acquiesces to a German occupation of Austria and a vote on an Anschluss between the two countries.
-'''1937'''
+==1937==
-*14 February: The Austrians hold a referendum overwhelmingly supporting unification with Germany. Though the Treaty of Saint Germaine forbade Austria from political or economic union with Germany, the Reich points out that they were not party to that agreement, and the Austrian government had essentially ceased to exist. World sentiment favours the unification.
+*14 February: The Austrians ovewhelmingly vote in favour of unification with Germany. Although the Treaty of St Germaine forbade a union with Germany, the Reich points out that they were not party to that agreement and the Austrian government had ceased to exist. World sentiment favours the unification.
+*15 March: Concerned at the close ties that have developed between Soviet military officers and the Germans during the years of co-operation of the 1920s, Stalin launches a purge of the Red Army that cripples the army for the next few years.
-*12 April: Italy and Hungary establish a mutual defence treaty, called the Rome-Budapest Axis by Mussolini.
+*12 April: Italy and Hungary form a mutual defence pact, called the Rome-Budapest Axis by Mussolini.
-*24 July: Germany proposes a plebiscite in Danzig and the Polish Corridor. Poland opposes the idea.
-*20 August: The Polish President believes that Poland could win the referendums in the Polish Corridor and Danzig and insists that they be held by September. Germany agrees.
+*24 July: Germany proposes a referendum in the Polish Corridor and Danzig. Poland opposes the idea.
+*20 August: Thinking that Poland could win the referendums and noting that a significant portion of the Wehrmacht will still be in Austria, the Polish President demands that the referendums must be held before mid-September: Germany accepts this demand.
-*15 September: The Polish Corridor plebiscite favours reunification with Germany.
-*16 September: Polish forces launch an invasion of the Polish Corridor, insisting that the Germans rigged the referendum.
+*15 September: The Polish Corridor plebiscite is held and favours reunification with Germany.
-*17 September: German forces start an aerial invasion of Danzig and the Polish Corridor. Even Czech forces appear to be mobilising into Galicia.
+*16 September: When the results of the referendum become known, Poland insists that the Germans rigged it and begin moving troops into the Corridor as a "stablising measure." Hours later, heavy German troop movement is reported all along the Polish border. Even the Czechs appear to be mobilising.
+*17 September: The Germans launch an aerial invasion of the Polish Corridor. Paratroops land throughout the Corridor within the lines of the Polish forces. The Polish troops flee in confusion. Troops moving in from Germany take advantage of the confusion and punch through to East Prussia.
-*18 September: German and Czech forces have assumed defensive positions and haven't carried out any more incursions into Poland.
+*25 September: The British and French Prime Minsters meet with the German leaders to discuss the Polish Crisis. The German Chancellor promises the British and the French that they have no more land claims on Poland. In return, Britain and France agree to support the German annexation.
-*19 September: Britain and France insist that the Poles meet for mediation with the Germans and Czechs and persuade them to accept the new boundaries.
-*20 September: Germany accepts her Eastern borders with Poland and Lithuania.
-'''1938'''
+==1938==
-*15 January: Poland joins the Axis.
+*15 January: Poland formally joins the Axis.
-*1 May: Germany, Finland, Lithunia, Estonia, Latvia and Czechoslovakia announce a European Alliance to defend against Communism and Fascism. Quietly, Britain has given assurances of support for the group.
+*1 May: Germany, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Czechoslovakia announce a European Alliance to defend against Communism and fascism. Britain quietly gives assurances of support for the group as well.
+{C
+==1939==
+*9 February: Bulgaria joins the Axis.
-'''1939'''
-*9 February: Bulgaria joins the Axis with Italy, Hungary and Poland.
 *17 April: Italy invades Albania.
-*23 June: The Nationalists have taken Madrid and Franco declares victory, becoming the facsist dictator of Spain.
+*23 June: The Spanish Civil war ends, Franco's forces have defeated the Republican government and taken Madrid.
-*1 October: Italy, Hungary and Bulgaria invade Yugoslavia, threatening the complete partition the country. Within days, Yugoslavia stands on the brink of collapse. German forces in German Austria mobilize along the border, but the British and French demand that the Italians meet for mediation.
+*1 October: Italy, Hungary and Bulgaria launch a surprise invasion of Yugoslavia. German forces in former Austria begin mobilizing. Britain and France demand that the Axis' meet for mediation.
-*4 November: The Trieste Conference results in Italy and her allies being forced by France and the UK to accept token concessions: some Dalmatian coast and islands for Italy, and strips of adjacent land to the borders of Hungary and Bulgaria. Britain is able to demand that the concessions do not cut Yugoslav borders off from other nations in the area.
+*4 November: The Trieste Conference results in Italy, Bulgaria and Hungary receiving some token concessions.
-*9 December: Yugoslavia requests admission to the Northern European Alliance. After heavy lobbying from the German government, the Alliance accepts them.
+*9 December: Yugoslavia joins the European Alliance.
-'''1940'''
+==1940==
-*1 September: After the break-down of negotiations for Romania to join the Axis Pact of Steel and the fear that Romania will join the European Alliance, Hungary and Bulgaria launch an invasion of Romania.
+*1 September: Romanian negotiations to join the Axis break down over demands of land concessions to Hungary and Bulgaria. Fearing that the Romanians may instead join the European Alliance, Hungary and Bulgaria launch an invasion of Romania.
-*25 December: Hungarian and Bulgarian forces retreat from Romania.
+*25 December: Bulgarian and Hungarian forces withdraw from Romania.
-'''1941'''
+==1941==
 *20 January: Romania joins the European Alliance.
-*9 August: The Second Russo-Japanese War begins.
+*9 August: The Second Russo-Japanese War starts.
+*12 August: The Japanese Navy pound the Russian Fleet into oblivion and proceed to shell the port and naval base to pieces.
-*24 December: Hungary and Bulgary give up at their attempt on Romania.
+*18 August: The Japanese capture Sakhalin Island.
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+[[Category:Open timeline]]
-'''1942'''
+[[Category:Weimar World]]
-*15 May: China and Japan agree to a ceasefire.
-*12 July: Russian forces push the last of the Japanese troops out of Manchuria.
-*10 August: Soviet troops begin an invasion of Korea.
-'''1943'''
-*1 May: Alarmed at the agressiveness of the Soivet Union in the Far East, Sweden and Norway agree to join the European Alliance.
-*18 June: The Second Russo-Japanese War ends. Manchuria is returned to China but it remains in the Soivet sphere of influence. Korea is divided into North Korea (a Communist country under Soviet conrol) and South Korea (under Japanese control).
-*28 October: Italy and Bulgaria launch an invasion of Greece. The Greek army displays stubborn resistance and are being supplied by Britain from Egypt.
-*1 December: Germany and the European Alliance demand that the Axis' withdraw from Greece or face war.
-*2 December: The EA's armed forces begin mobilising. The Axis hold an emergecy conference in Rome.
-*3 December: The Axis begin withdrawing from Greece. Britain joins the European Alliance while Greece and Turkey are invited to join.
-'''1944'''
-*7 February: Turkey joins the European Alliance.
-*21 February: Greece joins that EA.
-*8 December: Denmark joins the European Alliance.
-'''1945'''
-*2 March: Italians cross into Tunisia from Libya. A border skirmish erupts and several people die. Mussolini demands an apology from the French government.
-*9 March: Mussolini starts a military build-up in Libya.
-*4 April: Italian forces cross into Tunisia. French troops retreat north.
-*19 April: Mussolini begins an air campaign directed at the French airfields of Corsica and southern France.
-*20 April: French Somilialand surrenders to Italy.
-*6 June: Italy begins destroying the French fleet in the Mediterranean Sea.
-*10 June: The Italian air force starts bombing cities such as Nice and Marseilles.
-*5 August: French forces invade southern Libya from French Guinea.
-*13 August: Tripoli falls to France.
-*22 August: Germany promises to stay neutral in this conflict. Franco ignores Mussolini's pleas to join the Axis and enter the war.
-*24 August: French forces reinvade Tunisia. Italian Somalialand surrenders to French troops.
-*25 October: The German-speaking portion of Tyrol rises up and declares itself free of Italy. German troops in Austria are asked by the leaders of the revolt to march in and restore order to Tyrol.
-*France begins an aerial campaign on Corsica and Sardinia.
-*Italy sues for peace. Mussolini is replaced with Ciano.
-'''1946'''
-*29 January: The Treaty of Nice is mediated by Britain. The French recovered French Somaliland and kept Libya and Sardinia. Albania was granted its independence. Abyssinia also regained its independence once more and was given Eritrea as a sea access. Italian Somaliland stayed in the hands of the Italians. The Franco-Italian border was demilitarized. The Italian army was reduced to 200,000 men and prohibited from having chemical weapons or armored vehicles. Also, the two newest remaining battleships, the Littorio and the Vittorio Veneto were taken by the French as war booty while the Italian navy had to discard their submarine fleet and was prohibited from building more battleships, aircraft carriers or ships with guns bigger than 12”.
-*30 January: Italy agrees to cede Tyrol to Germany.
-'''1947'''
-*20 April: Germany successfully tests its first atomic bomb.
-*30 July: The German government starts up a massive social welfare programme and passes various equal and civil rights legislation.
-'''1948'''
-*12 March: A coalition of monarchist and anarchists launch a coup against the fascist government and is covertly supported by the Germans. The Hapsburg Dynasty is restored and they renounce all claims of land outside Hungary proper. German Austria gets some land from Hungary and Yugoslavia.
-'''1949'''
-*19 April: Germany annexes Luxembourg.
-*20 April: Austria annexes Leichtenstein.
-*29 December: Germany and Spain sign a mutual defence treaty.
-'''1950'''
-*3 March: Poland ends diplomatic relationships with Germany and cuts off all trade with it.
-*4 March: The Polish government claims that it intends to exile all Germans from Poland.
-*1 October: Berlin Film Studios announce that they have outdone Hollywood for three years.
-*18 October: Poland deports all Germans to their home country.
-'''1951'''
-*9 May: The Polish government exiles Czechs to Czechoslovakia and enters a period of isolationalism.
-*11 July: Belgium joins the European Alliance.
-'''1952'''
-*6 February: The Sino-Soviet War starts over several border disputes.
-*8 July: Talks between Greece and Turkey regarding Cyprus end in no clear path again so it remains it remains in British hands.
-'''1953'''
-*5 March: The United States of America joins the League of Nations.
-*10 March: The Treaty of Beijing is signed between China and the Soviet Union. China loses land to Russia.
-*19 October: Portugal joins the European Alliance.
-'''1954'''
-*18 May: At the request of the Czech government, Germany forms an economic union with Czechoslovakia.
-*27 May: After apparent threats from the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia allows German troops to be stationed there (similar to the status of Austria - economic union and military administartion but no proper political unification).
-'''1955'''
-*22 January: Hungary joins the European Alliance.
-*6 June: Poland re-establishes diplomatic relations with the European Alliance.
-*8 June: Poland sign trade agreements with Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
-*5 July: China and Japan agree to an alliance against the Soviet Union.
-'''1956'''
-*20 June: Germany holds the Great Transportation Exposition in Berlin. It features many military displays, including aircraft shows. The Zeppelin line is shown while many Germany celebrities use the chance to show off.
-*8 September: Bulgaria joins the European Alliance.
-'''1957'''
-*3 March: Germany launches the first satellite into orbit but cannot continue its space program alone. It begins to look for partners for space exploration.
-*11 November: The Netherlands joins the European Alliance.
-'''1958'''
-*4 July: Germany, Britain and the United States pool their resources to launch a joint space initiative, the North Atlantic Space Agency. Czechoslovakia, Austria and other EA members soon join.
-*5 November: The United States becomes the sixth permanant member of the Council of the League of Nations.
-'''1959'''
-*1 January: Italy joins the European Alliance, fearful of their powerful French neighbour and hoping to establish friendship with Britain and Germany.
-*5 August: The United States and the Phillippines conclude negotiations with the Sino-Japanese Co-Prosperity Sphere to form the Pacific Co-Prosperity Sphere.
-'''1960'''
-*19 September: Franco is assassinated by a car bomb. His will re-establishes the monarchy and names Prince Juan of Bourbon as King.
-*30 October: Italy grants independence to its last African colony, Italian Somalialand.