Salzburg in WW2 History | World War II Database

14 Jul 1918

Austria

Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld was born in Salzburg, Austria. ww2dbase [Egmont | Salzburg | CPC]

18 Nov 1939

Austria

At Salzburg, Austria, Adolf Hitler told the Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano that Benito Mussolini's invasion of Albania was to blame for the Royal Air Force being allowed to establish bombers in Greece within reach of Germany's main fuel supply, the oil fields of Ploesti, Romania. In reality, Ioannis Metaxas's government refused to allow the British to threaten the Romanian oilfields in order to avoid provoking the Germans. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | Salzburg | AC]

29 Jul 1940

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7 Apr 1943

Austria

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini began a four-day meeting near Salzburg, Austria trying to keep Italy in the war. This led off a month of meetings with Axis allies for pep talks to keep them active against the Allies. ww2dbase [Salzburg | TH]

22 Nov 1944

Photo(s) dated 22 Nov 1944

3 May 1945

Photo(s) dated 3 May 1945

24 May 1945

Austria

At Salzburg, Austria, Field Marshal Robert Ritter von Greim, head of the Luftwaffe, committed suicide in American captivity. Having learnt that he was to be a part of a Soviet-American prisoner exchange and, fearing torture and execution at the hands of the Russians, he took cyanide. His final words were: "I am the head of the Luftwaffe, but have no Luftwaffe." ww2dbase [Robert von Greim | Salzburg | AC, CPC]

7 Jun 2007

Photo(s) dated 7 Jun 2007