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Adolf Hitler seizes power in Germany.
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Dachau
Dachau, the first concentration camp, is established in Germany. By 1945, over 1000 camps will be established. -
Joseph Stalin (Soviet Leader) begins a purge of Red Army generals.
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In Germany, legislation is passed making the Nazi party the only legal political, party.
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Hitler assumed the presidency of Germany when Hindenburg dues and thus gains full control of the government
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Hitler violates the TOV by introducing military conscription.
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Hitler revels war-plans during Hoss Bach Conference.
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German military mobilizes
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The Night of Broken Glass.
A massive, coordinated attack on Jews throughout the German Reich on the night of November 9, 1938, into the next day, has come to be known as Kristallnacht -
Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech.
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Beginning of WW2
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Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany.
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Nazis and Soviets divide Poland up.
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Assassination attempt of Hitler fails.
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Nazis invade Greece and Yugoslavia.
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Nazis invade Denmark and Norway
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) Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
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Belgium surrenders to the Nazis.
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Norway surrenders to Nazis. Also, Italy declares war on Britain and France.
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Yugoslavia surrenders to the Nazis.
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Greece surrenders to the Nazis.
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Sinking of the British ship by Good by the Bismarck
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Sinking of the Bismarck by the British Navy
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Stalin calls for a scorched earth policy.
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Germans surrender at Stalingrad in the first big defeat of Hitler’s armies.
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Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto ends.
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Nazis liquidate the town of Oradour-sur-Glane in France
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First German V-1 rocket attack on Britain.
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Last use of gas chambers at Auschwitz.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
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End of WW2
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Nazis invade Greece and Yugoslavia.