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On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenberg.
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On March 23, 1933, the Enabling Act was signed by President Hindenberg. The Enabling Act let Hitler enable laws without the Reichstag, or German Parliament, approving the law.
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On July 14, 1933, Adolf Hitler declared his Nazi Party the only legal political party in Germany.
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On June 30, 1934, Hitler and his political allies started the Night of the Long Knives. Over the course of three days, Hitler and his allies rounded up and killed their political opponents.
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On August 2,1934, following the death of President Hindenberg, Hitler anounces that he will become the Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, giving him the powers of the President and the Chancellor.
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On August 23, 1939, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed in Moscow. The pact was a non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union.
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On September 1, 1939, Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. The invasion of Poland started World War II when Great Britain and France declared war on Germany.
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On September 27, 1940, the Tripartite Act was signed in Berlin, Germany. The treaty turned Japan, Italy, and Germany into the Axis powers.
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On June 22, 1941, Hitler started Operation Barbarossa. This was a plan in which German troops were to invade the Soviet Union. Operation Barbarossa broke the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
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On December 11, 1941, Germany declared war against the US to support Japan in their war effort.