Z16
Friedrich Eckoldt Destroyer
Commissioned 2 August 1938
On 3 August
1938, The United Kingdom dispatched a mediator to Czechoslovakia in an attempt
to persuade the Czechoslovakian leadership to cede Sudetenland
R26
R-boat
Launched 3 August 1938
Werner
Lindenau
Takes command of the pre-dreadnought
Schlesien
on 4 August 1938 to 4 April 1939
On 6 August 1938, British Ambassador to Germany Nevile Henderson noted
to German diplomats that the United Kingdom would not risk British lives over
Czechoslovakia.
M12
Minesweeper
Launched 6 August 1938
M10
Minesweeper
Launched 9 August 1938
On 10 August 1938, At a secret
summit with his leading generals, Adolf
Hitler attacks General Ludwig
Beck's arguments against Fall Grün, winning the majority of his senior
officers over to his point of view.
T8
Torpedo boat
Launched 10 August 1938
On 12 August 1938, The German
military was mobilised
F10
Escort
Commissioned 12 August 1938
Coronel
Auxiliary cruiser
later night fighter control ship Launched 13 August 1938
Adolf
Hitler announced to his military leaders on 15 August 1938, that he intended
to resolve the Czechoslovakian situation with force.
Adolf
Hitler issued a decree on 17 August 1938, confirming Heinrich
Himmler's control over the armed SS in peacetime.
R30
R-boat
Launched 17 August 1938
On 18 August 1938, Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin
arrives in London looking for British support for an anti-Nazi putsch, using the
looming crisis over the Sudetenland as a pretext. His private mission is dismissed
by Neville Chamberlain as unimportant Chamberlain refers to Ludwig
von Kleist as a Jacobite, but he finds a sympathetic if powerless audience
in Winston Churchill.
On 18 August 1938, Colonel General Ludwig
Beck, convinced that Adolf
Hitler's decision to attack Czechoslovakia will lead to a general European
war, resigns his position as Chief of the Army General Staff in protest.
Z21
Wilhelm Heidkamp Destroyer
Launched 20 August 1938
T12
Torpedo boat
Laid down 20 August 1938
Prinz
Eugen Heavy cruiser
Launched 22 August 1938
Adolf
Hitler hosted a dinner on board the ocean liner Patria in Kiel Bay on 23 August
1938 for Hungarian Regent Miklós Horthy, in an attempt to recruit him to
assist in the aggression against Czechoslovakia, Adolf
Hitler offered him Czechoslovakian territory for his help.
M11
Minesweeper
Launched 23 August 1938
Adolf
Hitler asked his generals on 24 August 1938, to evaluate the possibility of
the conquest and occupation of Belgium and the Netherlands.
Adolf
Hitler toured the Westwall on 26 August 1938, defences in western Germany.
On 27 August 1938, General Ludwig
Beck's leaves office as Chief of the General Staff, he is replaced by General
Franz Halder.
On 28 August 1938, Lord Runciman's mission to mitigate the Sudetenland crisis
begins to break down. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain recalls the British
Ambassador Nevile Henderson from Berlin, to instruct Nevile Henderson to set up
a personal meeting between Neville Chamberlain and Adolf
Hitler.
On 29 August 1938, While Adolf
Hitler toured the Westwall defences in western Germany, Wehrmacht General
Wilhelm Adam warned that Germany could not be able to defend against an invasion
by France for more than three days should Germany deploy most of its forces for
an invasion of Czechoslovakia. Adolf
Hitler grew furious at General Wilhelm Adam, who would retire from service
at the end of the year.
Z17
Diether von Roeder Commissioned 29 August 1938
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