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The rise of Hitler
Adolf Hitler is apppointed Chancellor of Germany. Through a combination of legal means and violence, his government makes the Nazi Party the only legal political party in Germany and establishes a dictatorship. Germany begins legal discrimination against Jews. -
germany president died
German President Paul von Hindenburg dies. Rather than holding new elections, Hitler assumes the role of Führer und Reichskanzler (leader and chancellor). German soldiers and sailors are forced to swear personal loyalty to Hitler. -
Hetlers jews were stripped
German Jews are stripped of citizenship and civil rights. Italy invades Ethiopia -
The Spanish started the Spanish civil war
Spanish nationalists under General Francisco Franco attack the Republican army, beginning the Spanish Civil War. -
Hitler Threatens war
Hitler threatens war with Czechoslovakia to annex the German-speaking district of the Sudetenland. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, desperate to avoid war with Germany, agrees to permit the annexation. -
Jews shops and stores were distoryed
On Kristallnacht (the "night of broken glass"), November 7, more than 7,000 Jewish shops and 1,600 synagogues are damaged or destroyed. -
Finland signed
Finland signs a peace treaty with the Soviet Union. -
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union invades the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. -
Germany starts invades
Germany invades Denmark and Norway. -
Germany invades France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands on May 10
The Netherlands surrenders five days later; Belgium surrenders on May 28. -
US stepes in
The US begins bombing raids on Germany. -
Gemans surrenders
German forces surrender at Stalingrad — the first major defeat of a German army since the war began