22 Sep 1938
  • The International Brigades fighting in the Spanish Civil War were withdrawn by the Spanish Republicans from the front-line prior to them being repatriated. ww2dbase [The Spanish Civil War | AC]
  • Seeing that the Czechoslovakians gave in to German demands, Hungary also made demands of their own on Czechoslovakian territory. On the same day, Sudeten Freikorps occupied two Czechoslovakian towns close to the German border. In Prague, the Czechoslovakian cabinet resigned. In Bad Godesberg, Germany, Chamberlain met Adolf Hitler; the German leader demanded Czechoslovakia to allow German troops to occupy Sudetenland by 1 Oct 1938. ww2dbase [Munich Conference and the Annexation of Sudetenland | CPC]
Germany United Kingdom
  • USS Honolulu departed Portsmouth, England bound for the United States with $20,000,000 in gold bullion being transferred from the Bank of England to the New York Federal Reserve Bank. ww2dbase [Honolulu | Portsmouth, England | DS]
United States
  • Henry Arnold was made the Chief of the US Army Air Corps. ww2dbase [Henry Arnold | CPC]
  • CW-21 prototype aircraft took its first flight at Wilbur Wright Field in Riverside, Ohio, United States. ww2dbase [CW-21 | Riverside, Ohio | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 22 Sep 1938
Adolf Hitler and Neville Chamberlain at Hotel Dreesen, Bad Godesberg, Germany, 22 Sep 1938; Wilhelm Keitel, Paul Otto Gustav Schmidt, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and Dörnberg also presentJoachim von Ribbentrop greeting Neville Chamberlain at the airport in Köln, Germany, 22 Sep 1938Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler at Rheinhotel Dreesen, Bad Godesberg, Bonn, Germany, 22-24 Sep 1938; note Joachim von Ribbentrop in backgroundJoachim von Ribbentrop, Adolf Hitler, and Neville Chamberlain at Rheinhotel Dreesen, Bad Godesberg, Bonn, Germany, 22-24 Sep 1938
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Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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