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1919
June
21
The scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow
On 21 June 1919, on Admiral Ludwig von Reuter's orders, crews scuttled 52 interned German warships at Scapa Flow rather than hand them to the victors.
28
Key event
The Treaty of Versailles
On 28 June 1919 Germany signed the peace in the Hall of Mirrors. It lost land and colonies, was disarmed, and Article 231 laid the blame for the war on it.
1920
January
21
The end of the Paris Peace Conference
On 21 January 1920 the peace conference's council met for the last time with Clemenceau. Day-to-day business passed to the Conference of Ambassadors.
November
15
The creation of the Free City of Danzig
On 15 November 1920 the Free City of Danzig was proclaimed under League of Nations protection. A German city with Polish rights in its port satisfied no one.
1921
August
25
The US separate peace treaties with Germany and Austria
On 24 and 25 August 1921 the US made separate peace with Austria and Germany, taking the victor's rights from the Paris treaties without the League of Nations.
1926
January
31
The Allied withdrawal from Cologne
On 31 January 1926 the last British soldiers, and with them Belgian and French troops, left Cologne. The first Rhineland occupation zone returned to Germany.
1930
June
30
The end of the occupation of the Rhineland
On 30 June 1930 the last French troops left the Mainz zone. The occupation of the Rhineland ended five years before the date set at Versailles.
1931
May
19
The launch of the Deutschland
On 19 May 1931 the Deutschland, Germany's first large warship since Versailles, was launched at Kiel – 10,000 tons on paper, with unexpectedly heavy guns.
1933
May
15
The founding of the Luftwaffe
On 15 May 1933 the military air staffs passed to Göring’s ministry. The day is seen as the birth of the Luftwaffe, which Hitler revealed to the world in 1935.
1935
January
13
The Saar plebiscite
On 13 January 1935 over 90 per cent of Saar voters chose a return to Germany. On 1 March the territory rejoined the Reich as Hitler's first acquisition.
1936
March
07
Key event
The remilitarisation of the Rhineland
On 7 March 1936 the Wehrmacht entered the demilitarised Rhineland, breaking the Versailles and Locarno treaties. France and Britain did not respond with force.