Z22
Anton Schmitt Destroyer
Laid down 3 January 1938
On 8 January 1938, Republican troops commanded by Generals
Hernández Sarabia and Leopoldo Menéndez take
the city of Teruel, surrendered by Colonel Rey d'Harcourt.
The harsh winter conditions prevent the timely arrival of
troops sent by Franco under the command of Generals Varela
and Aranda.
Z8
Bruno Heinemann Destroyer
Commissioned 8 January 1938
M6
Minesweeper
Launched 8 January 1938
On 12 January 1938, The German War Minister Field Marshal
Werner
von Blomberg marries Eva Gruhn in Berlin, Hermann
Göring is best man at the wedding.
R23
R-boat
Launched 12 January 1938
Hermann
Göring informed Adolf
Hitler of the shady past of Werner
von Blomberg's new wife 25 January 1938, Adolf
Hitler dismissed Werner
von Blomberg immediately but told him that he would call
on him again if the country ever needed his service.
On 27 January 1938, German War Minister Field Marshal Werner
von Blomberg resigns, following the revelation that his
new wife had previously posed for pornographic photos.
Go To: February
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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