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

Photo(s) dated 29 Jul 1940

Slovakian President Jozef Tiso and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in Salzburg, German-occupied Austria, 29 Jul 1940, photo 1 of 2

German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop shaking hands with Slovakian President Jozef Tiso, Salzburg, German-occupied Austria, Jul 1940

Slovakian President Jozef Tiso and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in Salzburg, German-occupied Austria, 29 Jul 1940, photo 2 of 2

Slovakian Prime Minister Vojtech Tuka, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, and Slovakian President Jozef Tiso, Salzburg, German-occupied Austria, 29 Jul 1940

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]

20 Apr 1944

Photo(s) dated 20 Apr 1944

Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring at the demonstration of the newly developed Hetzer tank destroyer at a closed highway near Schloss Klessheim west of Salzburg, German occupied Austria, 20 Apr 1944; note Karl-Heinrich Bodenschatz (left of photo, showing full face), Wilhelm Keitel (left of photo, red lapel), and Ferdinand Porsche (right of photo, black hat) in background

22 Nov 1944

Photo(s) dated 22 Nov 1944

B-24 Liberators of the 460th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force flying from Spinazzola, Italy bombing the railroad yards in Salzburg, Austria, 22 Nov 1944. The smoke is from smudge pots lit to obscure the target.

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]

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Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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