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World War l Ends
World War l ends with German defeat -
Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi party.
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Germany admitted to the League of Nations.
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Germany elects Nazis.
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Germany's first transformation
Adolf becomes Chancellor of Germany. The German Reichstag burns. The first concentration camp was opened. Books were burned. Germany was declared the only political party. Germany quits the League of Nations. -
Germany's president, Hindenburg dies.
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Josef Stalin begins a purge of Red Army generals.
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Britain, France, Australia ,and New Zealand declare war
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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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Nazis and Soviets divide Poland.
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Hitler asassination fails
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Norway surrenders to the Nazis; Italy declares war on Britain and France.
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Nazis murder 33,771 Jews at Kiev.
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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.
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United States and Britain declare war on Japan.
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Declaration of the United Nations signed by 26 Allied nations.
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Assassination attempt by German Army officers against Hitler fails.
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Anne Frank and family arrested by the Gestapo in Amsterdam, Holland.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
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United Nations is born.
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Hermann Göring commits suicide before execution.