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Chancellor Hitler
In July of 1932, the Nazi party won an impressive 230 seats in the 608 seat Reichstag. Hitler, the leader of the Nazi party, then demanded that the aging president Paul von Hindenburg appoint him the chancellor of Germany. -
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Holocaust
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Adolf Hitler Refuses
Adolf Hitler refuses to serve under Franz von Papen as vice chancellor of Germany. -
The Reichstag catches fire.
The Reichstag catches fire. -
concentration camp
The first Nazi concentration camp is formed at Dachau. -
German army grows
Adolf Hitler announces an increase in the size of the German Army. -
Hitler is chancellor
Paul von Hindenburg dies and Adolf Hitler becomes president as well as chancellor. -
Hitler's violation
Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription. -
German Army
The German Army enters the Rhineland. -
Military Alliance
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini agree to form a military alliance. -
Border Extension
France decides to extend the Maginot Line along the border with Germany. -
Riots
Pro-German riots take place in the Sudetenland area of Czechoslovakia. -
Commander Werner von Blomberg
Adolf Hitler replaces Werner von Blomberg as commander of the German Army. -
Release of Nazis
Adolf Hitler orders the release of imprisoned Austrian Nazis. -
Czechoslovakia
The German Army invades Czechoslovakia. -
German Reich
Germany formally annexes western Poland into the German Reich. -
Paris
The German Army enters Paris. -
Hamburg Bombing
The Royal Air Force bomb Hamburg in Germany. -
Desert War
Erwin Rommel mounts his first attack in the Desert War. -
Army Commander
Adolf Hitler sacks Heinrich von Brauchitsch as commander in chief of the German Army. -
Defeat of El Alamein
The German Army defeated at El Alamein. -
6th Army
Erich von Manstein and the 4th Panzer Army begin the attempt to relieve the 6th Army. -
Bombing Germany
British and US military aircraft begin round-the-clock bombing of Nazi Germany.
