Following Germany's military reforms of the 1920s, Heinz Guderian emerged as a strong proponent of mechanised forces.

Following papal mediation and German compensation of $ 4. 5 million, Spain recognized Germany's claim in 1885, which established a protectorate and set up trading stations on the islands of Jaluit and Ebon to carry out the flourishing copra ( dried coconut meat ) trade.

Following Germany's defeat in World War II, the territory east of the Oder-Neisse Line was under Soviet or Polish administration and had de facto been annexed.

Following Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II in 1945, war-torn East Prussia was divided at Joseph Stalin's insistence between the Soviet Union ( the Kaliningrad Oblast in the Russian SFSR and the constituent counties of the Klaipėda Region in the Lithuanian SSR ) and the People's Republic of Poland ( the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship ).

Following Germany's defeat in 1918 a council of workers and soldiers appeared during the November Revolution but was replaced by the new Weimar Republic in the following year.

Following Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, the German forces quickly overran the territory of Poland which had been occupied by the Soviets since 1939.

Following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, Bethmann Hollweg and Foreign Secretary Gottlieb von Jagow were instrumental in assuring Austria of Germany's unconditional support regardless of Austria's actions against Serbia.

Following Nazi Germany's attack against Poland in 1939, Rabbi Schneersohn refused to leave Warsaw.

Following Germany's setbacks around 1942-43, Sweden was no longer seriously threatened by invasion from the Third Reich and subsequently rolled back most of its concessions.

Following Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939 and the start of World War II in Europe, President Roosevelt began to put the United States on a war footing.

Following its release, Lust for Blood ranked at the top of Germany's DAC for four weeks ; the album's single release, " Wound ", ranked on the DAC's singles chart for eight weeks and held the # 1 position for four weeks.

Following another early World Cup exit in 1998 along with the retirement of many key players and discouraging results under Ribbeck, Germany's standing as one of the world's elite national sides was in question.

Following Germany's reunification on 3 October 1990, all access restrictions to the former West Berlin airports were lifted.

Following Germany's 2002 decision to phase out nuclear power generation, Stade was the first German plant to be affected ; it was closed down permanently on 14 November 2003.

Following Germany's defeat at the end of the war, the occupied territory was delegated in 1920 to Australia as a League of Nations Mandate ( Class C ).

Following Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Britain and the Soviet Union became allies.

Following Nazi Germany's attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941, German forces quickly overran the territory of Poland controlled by the Soviets since their joint invasion.

Following Germany's surrender, on 9 September 1945, the " Coupe Robert Benoist " automobile race was held in Paris in his memory.

Following Germany's annexation of Alsace-Lorraine in 1871, it absorbed parts of what had been France's industrial base.

Following Germany's defeat, the Treaty of Versailles divided the territory into two League of Nations mandates ( Class B ) under the administration of Great Britain and France.

Following a decision of the London Nine Power Conference of 28 September to 3 October 1954, Germany's entry into NATO with effect from 9 May 1955 was accepted as a replacement for the failed European Defence Community plan.

Following Germany's defeat in World War II, the Allied authorities, in 1948, ordered Deutsche Bank's break-up into ten regional banks.

Following Germany's defeat in World War II in 1945, all of the German territory east of the newly established Oder-Neisse Line according to the Potsdam Agreement was either turned over to the Poland or the Soviet Union.

Following Germany's defeat in 1945, independent Austrian radio broadcasting was re-established, and a new " Radio Wien " was founded, once again under Oskar Czeijas.

Following the defeat of the Independent State of Croatia at the end of the war, a large number of Ustaše, and civilians supporting them ( ranging from sympathisers, young conscripts, anti-communists, and ordinary serfs who were allegedly motivated by Partisan crimes ) attempted to flee in the direction of Austria hoping to surrender to British forces and to be given refuge.

Following the German unconditional surrender, Eisenhower was appointed Military Governor of the U. S. Occupation Zone, based in Frankfurt am Main.

Following Japan's surrender, the Allies issued the Shinto Directive separating church and state within Japan, leading to the Humanity Declaration of the incumbent Emperor.

Following the unconditional surrender of Japan to Allied Powers after World War II, Taiwan was relinquished by Japan as a stolen territory from China ( like Manchukuo ) by the San Francisco Peace Treaty in 1951.

Following the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II, Japanese rule was brought to an end.

Following the surrender of the Japanese in 1945, civil administration of Papua as well as New Guinea was restored, and under the Papua New Guinea Provisional Administration Act, ( 1945 – 46 ), Papua and New Guinea were combined in an administrative union.

* Following his surrender to Captain Frederick Maitland of off Rochefort in 1815, Napoleon was taken to Plymouth Sound where he remained on board, 26 July – 4 August, while his future was decided.

Following this disturbance, on 7 October the Governor instructed Coronaro to order the Sultan to surrender ; to intimidate the people he ordered the seizure of all merchant boats in the Alula area.

* July 2 – Following Pakistan's surrender to India in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, both nations sign the historic Simla Agreement, agreeing to settle their disputes bilaterally.

* Following the surrender of Mytilene to Athens, the Athenian leader Cleon insists that the city be destroyed.

Following Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House and the assassination of President Lincoln, Sherman met with Johnston at Bennett Place in Durham, North Carolina, to negotiate a Confederate surrender.

Following the Battle of Doaksville, Brigadier General Stand Watie, a Confederate commander of the Cherokee Nation, became the last Confederate general to surrender in the American Civil War, on 23 June 1865.

Following the League's supersession by the United Nations in 1946, South Africa refused to surrender its earlier mandate to be replaced by a United Nations Trusteeship agreement, requiring closer international monitoring of the territory's administration.

Following this victory they received the surrender of York.

Following the Oct. 1945 Japanese surrender ceremonies in Taipei, the Republic of China, under the Kuomintang ( KMT ) became the governing polity on Taiwan during the period of military occupation.

Following the Italian surrender in September 1943, a significant example of Résistance strength was displayed, when the Corsican Résistance, with the assistance of the Free French, began a movement which liberated the island from General Albert Kesselring's remaining German forces.

Following the Spanish capture of Amiens in March 1597 the French crown laid siege until its surrender in September.

Following the Persian surrender, Shahrbaraz was heavily involved in the intrigues of the Sassanian court.

Following the surrender of Hong Kong, the 228th, 229th and 230th Infantry Regiments from the IJA 38th Division were also deployed to Netherlands East Indies separately.

Following the surrender, he said to other prisoners: " Don't worry.

Following the surrender of Germany, Hansson pushed forwards his will to maintain a Social Democratic-led coalition government of all non-Communist parties, but failed to realize the idea due to strong opposition within his party in favor of a radical reformist agenda following the war.

Following Japan's surrender, Hirota was arrested as a Class A war criminal and brought before the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.

Following the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642, the castle was held by forces loyal to Charles I, holding out until 1647 when it became the last fortification to surrender to the Parliamentary armies.