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Timeline

(1952)

December 1936

December

01
- The Hitler Youth LawOn 1 December 1936 a law made the Hitler Youth the state organisation for all German youth. Compulsory service for boys and girls followed in 1939.
11
- The abdication of Edward VIIIOn 11 December 1936 Edward VIII gave up the throne to marry the divorced American Wallis Simpson. His brother Albert became king as George VI.
12
- The Xi’an incidentOn 12 December 1936 Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng detained Chiang Kai-shek in Xi’an to force him to end the war with the communists and fight Japan.
23
- Italian troops land at CádizOn 23 December 1936 about 3,000 Italian Blackshirts came ashore at Cádiz, the first wave of a corps soon named the Corpo Truppe Volontarie.
24
- The Second United Front in ChinaOn 24 December 1936 in Xi’an Chiang Kai-shek promised Zhou Enlai an end to the war on the Communists. The front was formally concluded only in September 1937.