June 30, 1934: Night of the Long Knives – Hitler has the SA leadership killed and consolidates hi...

June 29, 1941: Hitler appoints Göring as his successor – despite the Luftwaffe’s defeat in England!

June 28, 1919: Treaty of Versailles ends World War I – harsh consequences for Germany follow

June 26, 1948: Truman launches the Berlin Airlift – Candy Bombers save blockaded West Berlin!

June 26, 1935: Reich Labor Service becomes compulsory – law obligates young men to serve!

June 25, 2009: Michael Jackson dies of an overdose – fans worldwide mourn the King of Pop!

June 25, 1950: Beginning of the Korean War – US action against North Korea and Chinese interventi...

June 24, 1966: The Beatles opened their tour of West Germany!

June 24, 1948: The Soviet blockade of West Berlin begins – the Cold War escalates!

June 23, 1894: Founding of the IOC – The historic start of the modern Olympic Games in Athens

June 22, 1941: Germany invades the Soviet Union – beginning of Operation Barbarossa

June 21, 1948: D-Mark replaces Reichsmark – starting signal for economic miracle and Cold War!

June 19, 1927: Racing legend! Rudolf Caracciola wins the first car race at the Nürburgring

June 18, 1940: Charles de Gaulle calls on the radio for resistance against Hitler and Nazi Germany!

June 17, 1953: Popular uprising in the GDR – workers’ protests, tanks and bloody suppression!

JUNE 16, 1977: Wernher von Braun dies – Nazi rocket builder and father of the American moon rocket!

June 15, 1888: Wilhelm II becomes emperor – beginning of a controversial and momentous reign!

14 JUNE 1942: Anne Frank begins her diary in hiding – a testimony against Nazi terror

13 JUNE 1944: First V1 rocket hits London – beginning of German retaliatory air attacks

HORROR OF THE HINDENBURG: Was it really sabotage? The true reason for the airship's crash

June 12, 1900 – The Second German Naval Law establishes naval rivalry with England!

MAGDA GOEBBELS: Fanatical to the death – Tragic end in Hitler's bunker | Mother of the Third Reich

APRIL 30, 1945: US troops liberate Munich – end of Nazi rule in Hitler's 'capital'!

APRIL 29, 1945: Liberation of Dachau concentration camp – US Army discovers the horrors of the Ho...

APRIL 28, 1969: Charles de Gaulle resigns after referendum – student unrest in France!

APRIL 26, 1925: Hindenburg becomes president – ​​and paves the way for Hitler’s dictatorship in 1...

APRIL 26, 1986: Chernobyl explodes – nuclear disaster releases radioactive cloud over Europe!

APRIL 25, 1945: Elbe Day in Torgau – When the Allies became rivals and the Cold War began!

April 23, 1976: Opening of the Palace of the Republic – GDR prestige building between power and c...

APRIL 22, 1915: First chlorine gas at Ypres – 80,000 dead from poison gas in the First World War!