Editing Vader Era (section)

== Chronology ==

=== 1920 ===
* The Vader Era began following the end of the [[Pre-Vader Era]] in 1919.<ref name="timeline-vader"/>

=== 1933 ===
* January
** 30 January – Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. The Nazi government subsequently dismantled the Weimar political system and established a dictatorship.<ref name="nazi-background"/>

=== 1934 ===
* Ten members of the [[Noord family]] moved to [[Schaan]], [[Liechtenstein]], and established [[Van Noord-Nostrini Industriewerke AG]] as the holding company for their manufacturing businesses.<ref name="van-noord-history"/>

=== 1939 ===
* September
** 1 September – [[Nazi Germany]] invaded [[Poland]], beginning the [[Second World War]] in Europe.<ref name="war-start"/>
** 3 September – The [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] declared war on Germany.<ref name="war-start"/>

=== 1940 ===
* May
** 10 May – Germany invaded the Netherlands. Angelo van Noord commanded the seizure of the railway bridge at [[Gennep]], with [[Martin Paap I]] serving under him in 4./Baulehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800.<ref name="gennep"/>
* November
** 2 November – [[Antonius Martin Paap]] died. [[Martinus Antonius Johannes Paap]] succeeded him as [[Great Paap]].<ref name="great-paap"/>

=== 1943 ===
* January
** 6 January – Jan Paap rejected the expected Great Paap succession during a confrontation with [[Antonie Ronald Paap]] at Rzhev airfield. Martin Paap I later received preparation as the replacement heir.<ref name="jan-military"/>
* Internal conflict began among the owners of Van Noord-Nostrini Industriewerke AG. Sabotage and killings continued until the company ceased operating in 1945.<ref name="van-noord-collapse"/>

=== 1944 ===
* January
** 17 January – Jan Paap decided to desert from German military service. He travelled west through occupied Europe before reaching Argentina in May.<ref name="jan-military"/>
* May
** 13 May – Jan reached [[Rada Tilly]] and founded the [[Argentine Einsatz]].<ref name="jan-tanoa"/>
* July
** 28 July – The Argentine Einsatz expedition departed from [[Comodoro Rivadavia]] for Tanoa.<ref name="jan-tanoa"/>
* August
** 9 August – The expedition reached [[Tanoa]] and landed on [[Ravi-Ta]]. The Argentine Einsatz was reorganized as the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]], and Jan became the first [[Führer of Tanoa]].<ref name="jan-tanoa"/>
* September
** During the [[Battle of Arnhem]], houses were constructed north of Arnhem behind the German defensive position. These became the first houses of [[Vriendendam]].<ref name="vriendendam-arnhem"/>

=== 1945 ===
* May
** 8 May – The German surrender came into force in western Europe. On the same day, Jan Paap authorized [[Operation Sternzug]] to obtain German rocket personnel and technical records for Tanoa.<ref name="war-end"/><ref name="jan-tanoa"/>
* June
** 16 June – [[Oskar Dirlewanger]] killed [[Ilie Ionuț]] in Bucharest during his attempt to seize the [[Bucharest Butchers]].<ref name="purge-ilie"/>
** 18–27 June – Dirlewanger assumed leadership of the Butchers and his supporters killed Ionuț family members who refused his command. The [[1945 Ionuț purge]] ended on 27 June, after which the restored [[House of Ionuț]] ceased to function.<ref name="purge-killings"/>
* September
** 2 September – Japan signed its formal surrender, ending the Second World War.<ref name="war-end"/>
* October
** 10 October – Jan Paap founded [[Georgetown]], which became the principal administrative centre of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen.<ref name="jan-tanoa"/>
* Van Noord-Nostrini Industriewerke AG ceased operating by the end of the year after the collapse of its wartime industrial network and the deaths or disappearances of most members of the Schaan branch.<ref name="van-noord-collapse"/>
* The Vader Era ended at the close of 1945. The [[Middenvader Era]] began in 1946.<ref name="timeline-vader"/>