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| 0922 | Henry I the Fowler |  |
| Saxony The Magyars overwhelm Saxony |
| 0954 | Otto I the Great |  |
| Worms Conrad of Lorraine, in rebellion against Otto I, helps the Magyars across the Rhine |
| 1254 | Conrad IV |  |
| 21st May Dies while preparing to invade Germany |
| 1625 | Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von |  |
| Denmark invades & Wallenstein raises a private army of 24,000 to counter the threat |
| 1757 | Frederick II the Great |  |
| April The French, who were allied with Austria, Russia, Sweden and Saxony, invaded Germany with two armies, altogether about 100,000 soldiers |
| 1923 | Marx, Wihelm |  |
| Jan Ruhr At the end of the reparations moratorium, Germany cannot resume payments and defaults, France, accompanied by a token Belgian force, marches into the Ruhr Valley and sets up a military occupation |
| 1939 | Hitler, Adolf |  |
| 7th Sep Saar France crosses into the Saar but only advances a few miles |
| 1945 | Hitler, Adolf |  |
| 15th Jan Adlershorst Hitler evacuates his HQ at Adlershorst |
| 16th Jan Berlin Hitler transfer his HQ to Berlin, he stays there |
| 20th Jan Russian forces reach Germany for the 1st time |
| 2nd Feb The Russians on the eastern front reach the River Oder |
| 1945 | Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef |  |
| 21st Mar Nehring's priority is to surrender to the west rather than the Russians |