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Hitler named Chancellor of Germany
President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler as chancellor of Germany -
Dachau opened
Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp opened -
Germany passes the Nuremberg Laws
The laws excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or having sexual relations with persons of "German or related blood". -
Hitler named Fuher
Hitler planned to use President Hindenburg's death as an opportunity to seize total power in Germany by elevating himself to the position of Führer -
US signs Neutrality Acts
FDR signs the Neutrality Act, which he calls an “expression of the desire…to avoid any action which might involve the U.S. in war.” -
Germany invades the Rhineland
Hitler’s first illegal act in foreign relations since coming to power in 1933 -
Hitler and Mussolini join forces
Germany and Italy signed a military alliance. -
Pogrom in Germany begins
Kristallnacht a massive, coordinated attack on Jews -
Nazi/Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
each signatory promised not to attack the other -
Germany invades Poland
German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air -
Germany invades France
The Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. -
Lend- Lease Act passed
the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II -
Germany attacks Soviet Union
Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union -
Germans surrender at Stalingrad
Surrender was their only hope for survival. But Hitler wouldn't hear of it: “The 6th Army will hold its positions to the last man and the last round.” -
D-Day
The Allies invade Western Europe -
Liberation of Paris
Paris is liberated under four years under German occupation -
Battle of the Bulge
a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
Yalta conference
a meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt -
Roosevelt Dies
dies of a cerebral hemorrhage three months into his fourth term -
Dachau liberated
the U.S. Seventh Army's 45th Infantry Division liberates Dachau -
Hitler commits Suicide
Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself with a pistol -
Last Allied troops leave Germany
Allies end occupation of West Germany
