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Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
On the night of January 30, 1933, the Nazis organized a massive torchlight parade in Berlin to celebrate the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. -
Reichstag Fire Decree
There was a fire at the Reichstag, the 'Reichstag Fire Decree' suspended many of the civil liberties Arrest and detention without trial became legal -
Enabling Act
It gave power to the government to rule without consulting the Parliament (Reichstag) or the President (Hindenburg). -
Gestapo established
The Nazi secret police -
Night of the Long Knives
SS & Gestapo were order by Hitler to assassinate the leaders of the SA. The SA's power had grown considerably and was a threat to Hitler. -
Hitler proclaims himself Führer
German President, Paul von Hindenburg, was closed to death and was the only thing that stood between Hitler and absolute power in Germany -
German Army Enters the Rhineland
In open defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler orders the German Army into the Rhineland. -
Anschluss
With the help of Austrian Nazis, Hitler was able to force the Austrian Chancellor, Schuschnigg, to accept Nazis in powerful positions in Vienna. Hitler annexed Austria. -
Non-Aggression Pact
The non-aggression pact was signed between the Soviet Union dictator Joseph Stalin and German leader, Adolf Hitler. It said that for ten years Germany and the Soviet Union promised not to attack eachother. -
Germany Invades Poland
The invasion of Poland was a surprise attack. The invasion of Poland was the last straw for Europe. No more appeasement! -
France and Great Britain declared war on Germany
They declared the war because of german invasion -
France Falls
Hitler's invasion of France began with the attacks on surrounding countries like Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. Italy attacked France from the south and Germany from the North. -
The Battle of Britain
With the fall of France Hitler looked to Britain. Hitler's plan to gain control of Britain was to knock out the air force by first bombing the British airfields and aircraft factories. Then he would move on to bombing Britain's cities. The Royal Air Force managed counterattacks on the Germans and Britain stayed strong. This battle lasted until May of 1941. -
Hitler Invades the Soviet Union
Hitler broke with the non-aggression pact and attack the URSS. The battle between Germany and the Soviet Union continued until Germany surrenders in 1945. -
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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The United States Enters the war
Congress declared war on Japan, entering the U.S. into WWII -
The Battle of Midway
After breaking a Japanese code, Admiral Chester Nimitz, commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific fleet, knew that a force of 150 ships was heading toward Midway. That Japanese fleet was largest naval force ever assembled. The ambush was a success -
Battle of Stalingrad
Stalingrad was a major industrial center and on the 23rd of August Hitler set hit sights on the city and began nightly bombing raids that reduced the city to rubble. -
Invasion of Italy
Roosevelt and Churchill had agreed to attack Italy first.Allied forces of about 180,000 landed on Sicily and captured it from German control within a month. -
Allied invasion at Normandy
Allied troops, made up of British, American, French, and Canadians fought their way through a 60 mile stretch of beach. Within a month, more than 1 million troops had arrived and by september they had liverated France, Belguim, Luxembourg and most of the Netherlands. -
Germany Surrenders
3 million allied soldiers approached Berlin from the west and 6 million societ solders, from the east. Berlin was suffocating.It was the end of Third Reich -
Bombing of Hiroshima
U.S. dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima. 73,000 people died instantly. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
The second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki killing almost 40,000 people instantly.Victory over Japan proclaimed, the war was over.
