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Hitler's Election
From the organization, National Socialist German Workers Party. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party won the election. Image: http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub_image.cfm?image_id=1881 -
Reichstag Fire
The German government burned down a building and framed it as a communist action to try to overthrow the government. Hitler asked that all members of the German Communist Party would be hanged that night. Image: http://historynuggets.blogspot.kr/2012/04/reichstag-fire.html -
Mussolini's Annexation of Ethiopia
Italy's armed forces attacked Ethiopia's forces. This was very important because it exposed the true weakness of the League of Nations. Image: http://users.dickinson.edu/~rhyne/232/Etiop.JPG -
Remilitarization of the Rhineland
German military forces crossed the frontier into the Rhineland, in clear violation of the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaty. Image: http://cdn.dipity.com/uploads/events/8535863e5961e00b3e60967e88499295_1M.png -
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
This pact guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other. By signing this pact, Germany had protected itself from having to fight a two-front war in the soon-to-begin World War II. Image: http://0.tqn.com/d/history1900s/1/G/X/E/1/aggresspact.JPG -
Invasion of Poland
The start date of World War II. Poland was the last straw because Britain and France had guaranteed Poland's border. If they had not honored the guarantee, they would have no credibility left. Britain and France had to get involved and challenge Germany, starting WWII Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Second_World_War_Europe.png -
Battle of Dunkirk
Battle between the Allies and Germany, part of the Battle of France, this was a turning point because of the rescues of allied soldiers achieved. British propaganda later exploited the successful evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940, and particularly the role of the "Dunkirk little ships", very effectively. Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DUNKIRK1940.jpg -
Battle of Britain
WWII air campaign launched by the German air force against the UK. This is a major campaign done solely by air forces. The battle of Britain was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date.The failure of Germany to achieve its objectives of destroying Britain's air defences, or an outright surrender, is a huge turning point in WWII. Image: http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_4/s_w29_00917193.jpg -
Operation Barbarossa
Invasion of the soviet union. Hitler took over most of Europe by this time, except Britain and the Soviet Union. Hitler attacked Russia anyway, the Battle of Stalingrad was part of this operation where Hitler wanted the oil fields in the Caucasus region. Stalingrad was simply an industralized city. The Germans surrendered when winter set in. image: http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_6/s_w03_10721018.jpg -
Battle of El Alamein
The axis advanced this way to the city of El Alamein on the coast of Egypt. This allowed total free access to the Suez Canal for Allied shipping. This victory stopped the Germans from threatening the Middle-Eastern oil fields, a major supplier of Allied oil reserves. Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:El_Alamein_1942_-_British_infantry.jpg
