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Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech
"In the course of my life I have very often been a prophet, and have usually been ridiculed for it. During the time of my struggle for power it was in the first instance only the Jewish race that received my prophecies with laughter when I said that I would one day take over the leadership of the State, and with it that of the whole nation, and that I would then among other things settle the Jewish problem. Their laughter was uproarious, but I think that for some time now they have been laughing -
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Nazis take Czechoslovakia
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Spanish Civil war ends
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Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy
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Nazis and Soviets sign Pact
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Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty
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Nazis invade Poland
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World War 2
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Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany
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British Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy
