World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" id="mwvA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a>'s designated successor, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Göring" id="mwvQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hermann Göring">Hermann Göring</a>, sends him a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Göring_Telegram" id="mwvg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Göring Telegram">telegram</a> asking permission to take leadership of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" id="mwvw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Bormann" id="mwwA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Martin Bormann">Martin Bormann</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Goebbels" id="mwwQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Joseph Goebbels">Joseph Goebbels</a> advise Göring that the telegram is treasonous.