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Birth of Hitler
Adolf Hitler is born in Braunau am Inn, Austria to Alois and Klara Hitler. -
Birth of Heinrich Himmler
Born on 7 October 1900 in Munich, the son of a schoolteacher. -
Rise of Heinrich
In 1926, he became Hitler's deputy propaganda chief. -
Commander of the SS
Hitler named Heinrich Himmler commander of the SS, which at the time had close to 300 members. -
Gestapo
In 1933, Heinrich Himmler took command of the Gestapo, and expanded it. -
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Nazi Revolution in Germany
-The first official concentration camp opened at Dachau in March 1933, and many of the first prisoners sent there were Communists.
-By July 1933, German concentration camps held some 27,000 people in “protective custody.”
- Nazis undertook an “Aryanization” of Germany, dismissing non-Aryans from civil service, dismissing any Jewish-owned businesses, stripping Jewish lawyers and doctors of their clients.
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Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler appointed as the Chancellor of Germany -
Hitler Abolishes the Office of President
Hitler becomes the absolute dictator of Germany. Hitler abolishes the office of President and declares himself Führer of the German Reich and People, in addition to his position as Chancellor. In this capacity, Hitler's decisions are not bound by the laws of the state -
Chief of all German Police.
In 1936, he became chief of all German police. -
The Rome-Berlin Axis treaty.
Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy form the Rome-Berlin Axis treaty. -
Anti-Comintern Pact
Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact. This was a pact against communism and Russia. -
The Adolf Hitler Schools are established
The Adolf Hitler Schools are established as the first step in creating an NSDAP school system. These elite boarding schools teach and train German youth to be future party leaders -
Anschluss
Hitler annexes the country of Austria into Germany. -
Pact of Steel
The Pact of Steel, known formally as the Pact of Friendship and Alliance between Germany and Italy, was a military and political alliance between Italy and Germany. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invaded Poland to regain lost territory and ultimately rule their neighbor to the east. It was also a primer on how Hitler intended to wage war–what would become the “blitzkrieg” strategy. -
START OF WWII
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World War II
Begins when Germany invades Poland -
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Employment
-Women entered the workforce in large numbers, working in armaments factories and as medics.
-The Nazis also made extensive use of forced labour, transporting hundreds of thousands of civilians and prisoners of war from Eastern Europe and elsewhere to Germany to keep the war effort going. -
Great Britain and France declare war on Germany
Great Britain & France declare war on Germany -
Canada declares war on Germany.
Why does Canada do this? Well after Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, the United Kingdom and France declared war on September 3. To assert Canada's independence from the UK, as already established by the Statute of Westminster 1931, Canada's political leaders decided to seek the approval of the federal parliament to declare war. -
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Nazi Germany invades
Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway. -
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Lightning War
Germany uses quick strikes called blitzkrieg, meaning lightning war, to take over much of western Europe including the Netherlands, Belgium, and northern France. -
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Battle of Britain
After Germany and Hitler had conquered most of Europe, including France, the only major country left to fight them was Great Britain. Germany wanted to invade Great Britain, but first they needed to destroy Great Britain's Royal Air Force. The Battle of Britain was when Germany bombed Great Britain in order to try and destroy their air force and prepare for invasion.
Location-British airspace
Result- British victory
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Tripartite Pact/ Axis alliance
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact. -
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Germany involved with Holocaust
-The Germans began mass transports from the ghettoes in Poland to the concentration camps, starting with those people viewed as the least useful. From 1942 to 1945, Jews were deported to the camps from all over Europe, including German-controlled territory as well as those countries allied with Germany. -
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Dismember Yugoslavia
Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria invade and dismember Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia surrenders on April 17. Germany and Bulgaria invade Greece in support of the Italians. Resistance in Greece ceases in early June 1941. -
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Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the crucial turning point in World War II, for its failure forced Nazi Germany to fight a two-front war against a coalition possessing immensely superior resources. The Germans had serious deficiencies
Result- Germany lost
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Germans in chaotic retreat
A Soviet counteroffensive drives the Germans from the Moscow suburbs in chaotic retreat. -
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Nazi Germany and the Axis partners declares war
Nazi Germany and the Axis partners declares war on the United States -
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Battle of Stalingrad
The first reason why the Battle of Stalingrad was significant is because it marked the end of Germany's advances into eastern Europe and Russia. The second reason is that this battle was the first major German loss during World War II. After the Germans lost in Stalingrad, they did not advance any farther into eastern Europe or Russia.
Result- Germany lost
Death- 850,000 Axis soldiers dead, missing or wounded. I found a website that says there was 250,000 Germans dead. -
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War to Home
The British bomb Cologne, bringing the war home for the first time. Over the next three years Anglo-American bombing reduces urban Germany to rubble. -
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First Battle of El Alamein
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The Second Battle of El Alamein
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Minister of the Interior
In 1943, Heinrich was minister of the interior. -
D-Day
The D-Day military invasion that helped to end World War II was one the most ambitious and consequential military campaigns in human history.
Result- Germany Lost
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Paris is liberated
Paris is liberated from German control -
Join the Nazi army
All remaining males, ages 16-60, are called to join the Nazi army. -
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Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major battle in Europe during World War II. It was Germany's final attempt to drive the Allies off of mainland Europe
Result- The Allies won, Germans lost
Death- Lost 80,000-100,000 men. A website say 15,652 killed, 41,600 wounded, and 27,582 captured/missing. -
Death of Hitler
Hitler commits suicide. -
Germany surrenders
Germany surrenders to the western Allies -
Germany surrenders
Germany surrenders to the Soviets. -
Death of Heinrich Himmler
Committed suicide to escape capture. -
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Germany AFTER the war
After the defeat of WWII, Germany was divided into four zones under the control of the United States, Great Britain, France and the former Soviet Union. -
END OF WWII
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Economic miracle
1950s, the German economy started to move in a positive direction and the Germans experienced what they called an “economic miracle. -
Unemployment and poverty
Germany suffered heavy losses at this time, both in lives and industrial power. Most of the industries had been destroyed after the Second World War, causing persistent unemployment and poverty. -
Jews AFTER WWII
Beginning in 1953, the German government made payments to individual Jews and to the Jewish people as a way of acknowledging the German people’s responsibility for the crimes committed in their name.
