User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/March 12

March 12

 * 538 - Vittigis, king of the Goths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius.
 * 1938 - Anschluss: German troops occupy Austria; annexation declared the following day.
 * 1940 - Winter War: Finland signs a harsh peace treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and remaining population are immediately evacuated.