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Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles.
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Hitler led his Nazi followers in an attempt to seiz power in Munich "Beer Hall Putsch". The plan failed and Hitler was jailed.
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Adolph Hitler Nationalist Socialist Party became the second biggest party.
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National Socialists had lost two million votes since July 31, 1932 elections.
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President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Hitler Chancellor of Germany.
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Arson attack on the Reichstag building, German Parliament met. Hitler blamed the communists.
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85 people were killed, Hitler said the dead were guilty of treason against the state.
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Kritallnacht 7500 Jewish owned businesses were destroyed, 200 synagogues were burned and 20000 Jews were sent to concentration camps.
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Hitler sent troops to Rhineland, most were sent on bikes.
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Austrian Nazi Party executed a coup and cancelled the referendum. Power was transferred to Germany. German troops crossed the border to enforce the Anschluss.
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British push for medication failed, when frustrated German students withdrew from negotitations.
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Czechoslovakia gave in. Hitler made new demands- ethnic claims of Germans in Poland and Hungary must be satisfied. Czechoslovakia wanted a new government. Soviet Union allied with. Czech President refused to go to war without the support of England and France.
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German Wehrmacht invaded Poland. Most troops went on foot surplies were mobilized by horse.
