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World War 2
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Hitler elected chancellor of Germany
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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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Hitler becomes fuhrer of Germany
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Nuremberg Race Laws
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The German Gestapo
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Civil war erupts in Spain
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Josef Stalin begins a purge
otherwise known as "Stalin's Terror." He believed that the country had to be united - with him as leader - if it was to be strong. Secondly, Stalin calculated that the Soviet Union only had 10 years to catch up with the Western world in terms of industrial growth before Germany invaded, which was highly plausible. The Soviet heavy industry was weak and in the decline, obviously lacking the capacity to produce enough metal and heavy machinery for the imminent war. So, “tightening the screws” and -
The Hossbach Memorandum
Adolf Hitler held a secret conference in the Reich Chancellery during which he revealed his plans for the acquisition of Lebensraum.Present at this conference were; German War Minister, Werner von Blomberg, Commander in Chief of the Army, Werner von Fritsch, Commander in Chief of the Navy, Erich Raeder, Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe, Hermann Göring, Foreign Minister, Constantin von Neurath, and Colonel Friedrich Hossbach who took the minutes of the conference. -
Germany announces 'Anschluss' (union) with Austria
Adolf Hitler, Führer of Germany, accepts salutes and cheers from the Nazi controlled Reichstag after announcing the Anschluss (union) with Austria. Immediately after the Anschluss, Nazis began a brutal crackdown on Austrian Jews, arresting them and publicly humiliating them. -
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British PM appeases Hitler at Munich
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Nazis take Czechoslovakia
How did Hitler want to attack? go to this site to find out! http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/tr-czech.htm -
Spanish civil war ends
find the outcomes of the spanish civil war and create a journal entry from the point of view of a spanish child. -
British fleet mobilizes; Civilian evacuations begin from London
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war declared on Germany
At 11 am Britain declares war on Germany to be followed at 5pm by France. Australia and New Zealand also declare war on Germany. A Bristol Blenheim of No. 139 Sqn, Wyton, carries out the RAF's first operational sortie of the war - photographic reconnaissance of the German naval base of Wilhelmshaven. -
British Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy
10 Whitley bombers of Nos. 51 and 58 Sqns carry out the first RAF raid over Germany, dropping some 6 million leaflets over Hamburg, Bremen and the Ruhr - 10 Whitley bombers of Nos. 51 and 58 Sqns carry out the first RAF raid over Germany dropping some 6 million leaflets over Hamburg, Bremen and the Ruhr. -
Canada Declares war on Germany
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF), consisting of some 158,000 men, leaves for France. Canada joins the list of Commonwealth countries to declare war against Germany. -
Assassination attempt on Hitler fails
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Soviet Union expelled from the League of Nations.
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Tripartite (Axis) Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan
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United States freezes German and Italian assets in America
Worsening relations with the Axis powers prompted President Roosevelt to order all German assets in the U.S. frozen on June 14, 1941. On June 16 he ordered the withdrawal of German and Italian consular staffs by July 10. -
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; Hitler issues the Night and Fog decree.
Japanese bomb pearl harbor. his decree replaced the unsuccessful Nazi policy of taking hostages to undermine Underground activities. Suspected Underground agents and others would now vanish without a trace into the night and fog -
United States and Britain declare war on Japan
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First American forces arrive in Great Britain
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German air raids begin against cathedral cities in Britain
On this day in 1942, in retaliation for the British raid on Lubeck, German bombers strike Exeter and later Bath, Norwick, York, and other "medieval-city centres." Almost 1,000 English civilians are killed in the bombing attacks nicknamed "Baedeker Raids." -
Mass murder of Jews by gassing begins at Auschwitz.
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Germans begin a withdrawal from the Caucasus
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Slovak uprising begins
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U.S. troops reach the Siegfried Line in western Germany.
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Last use of gas chambers at Auschwitz
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Germans withdraw from the Ardennes
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Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
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Allies divide up Germany and Berlin and take over the government
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American, British, and French troops move into Berlin
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United Nations is born
