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Europe 1933-1945
Time line of important facts in Europe between 1933 and 1945. -
Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany. -
Dachau concentration camp opens
Dachau concentration camp opens -
New laws for Jews
Laws for Reestablishment of the Civil Service barred Jews from holding civil service, university, and state positions. -
The Gestapo
Gestapo established. -
The Führer
Hitler proclaims himself Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Reich Chancellor). Armed forces must now swear allegiance to him. -
Nuremberg Laws
"Nuremberg Laws": anti-Jewish racial laws enacted; Jews no longer considered German citizens; Jews could not marry Aryans; nor could they fly the German flag -
The Rhineland invation
Germans march into the Rhineland, previously demilitarized by the Versailles Treat -
Rome-Berlin Axis
Hitler and Mussolini form Rome-Berlin Axis -
Buchenwald concentration camps
Buchenwald concentration camp opens. -
Anchluss
Anschluss (incorporation of Austria): all antisemitic decrees immediately applied in Austria. -
Munich Conference
Munich Conference: Great Britain and France agree to German occupation of the Sudetenland, previously western Czechoslovakia -
Occupation of Czechoslovakia
Germans occupy Czechoslovakia. -
Motolov-Ribbentrop Pact
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed: non-aggression pact between Soviet Union and Germany. -
Break out of the Second World War (invasion of Poland)
Beginning of World War II: Germany invades Poland. -
Denmark occupation
Germans occupy Denmark and southern Norway. -
Germany invasions
Germany invades the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France -
France defeated
France surrenders -
Britain joins the fight
Battle of Britain begins. -
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis firmed. -
Germany invasions
Germany attacks Yugoslavia and Greece; occupation follows -
Germany invasion over the Soviet Union
June 22 Germany invades the Soviet Union -
Japanede attack of the Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor -
United States joins the war
United States declares war on Japan and Germany -
Wannsee Conference
Wannsee Conference in Berlin: Heydrich outlines plan to murder Europe's Jews -
Stalingrad victory
German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad -
Hungary occupation
Germany occupies Hungary -
Invasion an Normandy
D-Day: Allied invasion at Normandy -
Attempt to assassinate Hitler
Group of German officers attempt to assassinate Hitler -
Hitler commits suicide
Hitler commits suicide -
End of the Third Reich
V-E Day: Germany surrenders; end of Third Reich -
Bombing of Hiroshima
Bombing of Hiroshima -
Bombing of Nagasaki
Bombing of Nagasaki -
Victory over Japan proclaimed
V-J Day: Victory over Japan proclaimed -
End of World War II
Japan surrenders; end of World War II