What the records say
- When
- Mar 1938 – Mar 1939
- Kind
- Territorial claim
- Coordinates
- 55.71° N, 21.13° E
- Region
- 2
- Claim resolution
- 4
- Claim violence
- 1
- Significance
- 10
- Significance index
- 3
- Significance state1
- 5
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Klaipėda Region
Area of East Prussia
The Klaipėda Region or Memel Territory was defined by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles in 1920 and refers to the northernmost part of the German province of East Prussia, when, as Memelland, it was put under the administration of the Entente's Council of Ambassadors.
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The source
- ICOW Territorial Claims 1816–2001Issue Correlates of WarCorrelates of War: free use with citation
Nearby in time and place
- Memel → Germany22 Mar 1939 · Territorial change
- Baltic Sea campaignsSep 1939 · Battle
- Battle of Hel9 Sep 1939 · Battle
- Defense of the Coast of Poland in the September Campaign1 Sep 1939 · Battle
- Battle of Kępa Oksywska10 Sep 1939 · Battle
- Siege of Gdynia8 Sep 1939 · Siege
- Battle of Westerplatte1 Sep 1939 · Siege
- Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig1 Sep 1939 · Battle