1933 - 1945

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    1933 1945

  • Chancellor

    Chancellor

    Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg.
  • Proclamation

    Proclamation

    Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to the German People" in Berlin.
  • the reichstag fire

    the reichstag fire

    Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire
  • concentration camp

    concentration camp

    Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed
  • dictatior

    dictatior

    The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
  • Gestapo

    Gestapo

    The Gestapo is established in Germany.
  • book burning

    book burning

    In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
  • league of nations

    league of nations

    Germany announces its intention to officially leave the League of Nations.
  • Non-Aggression Pact

    Non-Aggression Pact

    The 10 year German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed by Germany and the Second Polish Republic.
  • Heinrich Himmler.

    Heinrich Himmler.

    All the police forces in Germany come under the command of Heinrich Himmler.
  • Night of the Long Knives

    Night of the Long Knives

    Night of the Long Knives: Nazis kills SA liders
  • Führer

    Führer

    Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany, becoming head of state as well as Chancellor.
  • rearmament

    rearmament

    Adolf Hitler announces German rearmament in violation of the Versailles Treaty.
  • Rhineland invasion

    Rhineland invasion

    In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, Nazi Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
  • Hitler Youth

    Hitler Youth

    Hitler makes it mandatory that Boys 10 to 18 join Hitler Youth
  • Belgium

    Belgium

    Germany, in a note to Brussels, guarantees the inviolability and integrity of Belgium so long as the latter abstains from military action against Germany.
  • Oberkommando der Wehrmacht

    Oberkommando der Wehrmacht

    Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht , giving him direct control of the German military.
  • Austria

    Austria

    Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg of Austria meets Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden and, under threat of invasion, is forced to yield to German demands for greater Nazi participation in the Austrian government.
  • German troops occupy Austria

    German troops occupy Austria

    Anschluss: German troops occupy Austria; annexation is declared the following day.
  • Czechoslovakia

    Czechoslovakia

    In a conference at the Reichs Chancellery, Hitler declares his decision to destroy Czechoslovakia by military force, and orders the immediate mobilization of 96 Wehrmacht divisions.
  • Bohemia and Moravia

    Bohemia and Moravia

    German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist. The Ruthenian region of Czechoslovakia declares independence as Carpatho-Ukraine.
  • Pact of Steel

    Pact of Steel

    Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
  • second war world

    second war world

    Germany invanded Poland and 2 days laters Britain and France declared war on Germany
  • The fall of France

    The fall of France

    Netherlands, Belgium and France were invanded and rapidly defeated by German Forces
  • soviet union

    soviet union

    germany attack soviet union but they lost
  • invation of berlin and hitler suicide

    invation of berlin and hitler suicide

    The Soviet Union captured Berlin and adolf hitler suicide
  • last day

    last day

    the second world war finished, USA and URSS becames world powers