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Hitler is born the son of a customs official in Braunau, Austria.
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WWII: Adolf Hitler and his Ideas (1889-1945)
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Hitler volunteers to serve in the German Army at outbreak of WWI
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Hitler is awarded the Iron Cross
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Hitler is hospitialized due to gas poisoning.
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Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party
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Hitler is arrested after a failed putsch attempt
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Hitler is imprisoned for nine months
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Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany
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Hitler becomes the German Führer (dictator)
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Hitler announces program of defiance of the Versailles Treaty
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Hitler sends Germany into the Rhineland
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Hitler returns to Austria in triumph
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Hitler signs the Munich agreement
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Hitler orders the invasioin of Poland to take place September 1st
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Hitler makes defeated French sign armistice terms
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Hitler calls for a"a war of annihilation" against Soviet Union
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Hitler declares war on the USA
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Hitler takes personal command of the German Army
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Hitler orders German 6th Army to not withdraw from Stalingrad
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Hitler survives an attempted assassination
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Hitler shoots himself to avoid surrendering to the Soviet Army