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Hitler performed his first "Saturday surprise". He stated that Germany's air force would be rebuilt, that he would reistate the draft, and that he would once again arm the nation.
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Hitler had a "secret meeting" with Austrian Prime Minister Kurt von Schuschnigg. At this meeting, Hitler insulted and threatned the Prime Minister. Hitler even demanded that Austria must become a part of Germany.
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A new law was created that would force all Jews to have specific names that they classified as "Jewish first names". The Nazis decided that if a Jew did not have a name that was on their list of Jewish names, they would add Israel to all men's names and Sarah to all women's names.
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Hitler said to the Reichstag that other nations were being hypocritical by saying that Germany was discriminating Jews. Hitler later went on to conquer all of Czechoslovakia.
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Nazis transported several prisoners to a town on the Polish border called Gleiwitz. The prisoners were then dressed in Polish army iniforms and killed. The Nazis then claimed that they did it for retaliation because of a Polish "attack on Gleiwitz".
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Heinrich Himmler stated that no Polish child would go past fourth grade in school. They would only teach them simple arithmeti, how to write their names, and the doctrine.
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Germany had priviously conquered all of Western Europe except for France and Britain. At this date, France finally fell, which left just Britain in Western Europe.
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Hitler decided to invade Russia. He wanted to destroy what he called the "Jewish-Bolshevik menace."
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Hitler declared war on the United States. This united three of the most powerful countries, Britain, Russia, and the US to go to war against Germany.
