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Boycott of Jewish shops and businesses
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Law excluding East Euopean Jewish immigrants of German citizenship
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Hitler proclaims himself leader and Reich Chacellor. Armed forces must now swear alliegiance to him.
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Hitler and Mussolini form Rome-Berlin Axis
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17,000 Polish Jews living in Germany expelled
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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed: non-aggression pact between Soviet Union and Germany
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beginning of World War II: Germany invades Poland
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Germany begins deportation of Austrian and Czech Jews to Poland
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Jews in German-occupied Poland are forced to wear an arm band or yellow star
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Germany occupies Denmark and southern Norway
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Lodz Ghetto sealed 165,000 people in 1.6 square miles
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Germany invades the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France
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France surrenders
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Britain war begins
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Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
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Germany invades the Soviet Union
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dozens of thousands of Russian and Jews are murdered by extermination squads
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Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
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United States declares war on Japan and Germany
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D-Day: Allied invasion at Normand
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Hitler commits suicide
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V-E Day: Germany surrenders
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bombing of Hiroshima
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bombing of Nagasaki
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Japan surrenders and ends the war