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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party.
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Franklin Roosevelt elected President of the United States.
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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
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First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin.
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Nazis burn books in Germany.
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Germany quits the League of Nations.
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Nazis murder Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss.
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German President Hindenburg dies.
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Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.
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Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription.
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German Jews stripped of rights by Nuremberg Race Laws.
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Hitler reveals war plans during Hossbach Conference.
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German military mobilizes.
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British fleet mobilizes; Civilian evacuations begin from London.
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Nazis invade Poland.
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Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.
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United States proclaims its neutrality
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Canada declares war on Germany; Battle of the Atlantic begins
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Soviets invade Poland.
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Assassination attempt on Hitler fails.
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Soviets attack Finland.
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Soviet Union expelled from the League of Nations.
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Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister.
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Holland surrenders to the Nazis.
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Norway surrenders to the Nazis; Italy declares war on Britain and France.
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Massive German air raid on London.
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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
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United States and Britain declare war on Japan.
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Hitler declares war on the United States.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide.