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World War 1 ends with the German defeat
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On April 28 the league of nations was found and on June 28 was the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
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Adolf Hilter becoms the leader of the National Socialist (Nazi) Party.
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Led by Hilter, the Nazis attempt to overthrow the German government but fail, this was known as the Beer Hall Putsch.
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Lenin dies, leaving the way for Joseph Stalin to takeover as leader of the Societ Union.
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An autobiography written by Hitler revealing the political ideologies , Mein Kampf, is published.
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Treaty of Berlin is signed allowing either country to remain neutral if one or the other is attacked by another country.
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The UK gives Saudi Arabia its independence and later Saudi Arabia supplies oil to the allies during World War 2.
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Those who signed the Litninov's Pact agreed to denounce war as stated in the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
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The Stock Market on Wall Street crashed leading to the Great Depression in the US and spreading worldwide.
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Germans elect Nazis making them the 2nd largest political party in Germany.
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The US issues the Stumson Doctrine to prevent expansion of Japan's territories. In February Hitler finally received his German Citizenship.
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Paul Von Hindenburg is elected president by Germany and plays an important role in the rise of the Nazi Party.
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Kurt Von Schleicher is named German Chancellor by Hindenburg and later assassinated by Hilter's order in 1934.
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President Hindenburg appoints Hitler as Chancellor.
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Hindenburg issues the Reichstag Fire Decree which nullified many civil liberties of citizens.
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On March 12 the first concentration camp opened at Oraienburg outside Berlin. On the 23 of Mrach the Enabling Act gave Hitler unlimited power and allowed for him to be dictator in Germany.
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The Nazi boycott of Jewish owned shops.
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The Gestapo is established in Germany to maintain order throughout the counrty and especially during the world and represented Hitler's group of enforcers.
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The Nazi Book Burning begins. Students from university marched with torches with the intent of burning un-German books. More than 25,000 books turned into ashes.
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Germany leaves the League of Nations
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Polan and Germany sign a ten year German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact but five years after Germany invades Poland.
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From the end of June to the 2nd of July political murders known as the Night of Long Knives is carried throughout Germany and beyond. Action was seen as a purge against those who would politically oppose the ruling of the Nazi party.
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Hitler is announced Chancellor and head of state.
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German jews stripped of rights by Nuremberg Race Laws.
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The civil war erupts in Spain.
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Marco Polo Bridge Incident is a battle between the Chinese and Japanese armies and is seen as the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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Austria is the first country to be annexed by Hitler's Germany.
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To better the Bristish Royal Navy, Hitler approves Plan Z, a five year project aimed at expanding the Nazi German fleet by 1944.
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Nazi troops enter Prague in violation of the Munich Agreement.
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Bristish Prime Minister warns in a speech that Britain will fight any attempt by Germany to dominate the world.
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Hitler renounces the Pact during a speech before the Parliament.
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Germany invades Poland and begins World War 2 in Europe.
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Great Britain and France declared war on Germany of Poland's borders.
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The end of 1940 Hitler occupies most of the Western Europe.
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Japanese attack Pearl Harbor and the U.S. declare war against Japan.
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Hitler declares War against the U.S.
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President Roosevelt signs the Executive Order 9066 which is the incarceration of hundrend of thousands Japanese descent families.
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The U.S. surrenders the Phillippines to Japan.
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Recognized as the largest battle of the WW2, the Battle of Stalingard begins.
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Allies invade and regain Europe on D-DFay known as the greates military invasion in the history beginning with the Normandy Landings.
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In response to the invasion of the Normandy the German went on the offensive in what is known as the Battle of the Bulge.
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US troops land on Okinawa and a Battle takes place.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide when knowing all was lost.
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The end of World War 2 in Europe whrn Germany begins to surrender.
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Japan surrenders and completes the end of Worl War 2.
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The US divide the Korean Peninsula along the 38th parrallel creating the North and South Korea's.
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The Nuremberg Trials begin and Germany, prosecuting leaders of the Nazi Germany.