Meeting at Brenner Pass
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
At 0930 hours on 18 Mar 1938, at the mountain village of Brennero in the Brenner Pass, Italian Alpine troops welcomed the arrival of Benito Mussolini and Galeazzo Ciano by train. As snow drifted down heavily, Adolf Hitler and Joachim von Ribbentrop arrived, also by train. Ciano escorted Hitler and Ribbentrop toward Mussolini's train car over red carpet. The subsequent meeting lasted two hours and twelve minutes; after which, they each returned to their capitals. The two parties discussed potential plans for future joint-aggression, but to the public they offered terms to maintain peace in Europe.
Source: Time Magazine.
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| 18 Mar 1938 | Meeting between Hitler and Mussolini in the Brenner Pass; Mussolini agreed to enter a war on the side of Germany at an opportune moment. |
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