20 Feb 1938
  • Spanish Nationalist forces had almost surrounded Teruel, Spain and the Spanish Republican armies were forced to retreat along the Valencia road to the southeast, leaving the Nationalists free to take the city. ww2dbase [The Spanish Civil War | AC]
Germany
  • Adolf Hitler assured the Deputies in the Reichstag that no problems existed between the National Socialist State and the German Armed Forces, while spoke about the German destiny to annex Austria. ww2dbase [Annexation of Austria | AC]

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