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Germany passes the Nuremberg laws
Two distinct laws passed in Nazi Germany in September 1935 are known collectively as the Nuremberg Laws: the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor. -
Hitler named Furher
Reich Chancellor Hitler planned to use President Hindenburg's death as an opportunity to seize total power in Germany by elevating himself to the position of Führer, or absolute leader -
US signs Neutrality acts
this day in History, FDR signs Neutrality Act on Aug 31, 1935. ... could not foresee future situations in which the U.S. might have to amend its neutral stance. -
Germany invades the Rhineland
German troops marched into the Rhineland. This action was directly against the Treaty of Versailles which had laid out the terms which the defeated Germany had accepted. It was Hitler’s first illegal act in foreign relations since coming to power in 1933 and it threw the European allies, especially France and Britain, into confusion. -
Hitler and mussolini join forces
Nazi Germany’s obvious political and military ally in Europe was Italy. The Italians had been governed by a fascist regime under Benito Mussolini since 1925. Italian fascism was very much the elder brother of Nazism, a fact Hitler himself acknowledged. Yet for all their ideological similarities, the relationship between Hitler and Mussolini was bumpy and complex. -
Pogram in germany begins
They served in the German army and navy and contributed to every field of German business, science and culture. -
Germany invades poland
German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland -
Land lease act passes
was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. -
Germany invades france
The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. -
germany attacts soviet union
Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II -
Germans surrender at Stalingerad
Nazi Forces Surrender at Stalingrad. Georgii Zelma/German Federal ArchiveA Soviet soldier waving his country's flag over the central plaza of Stalingrad -
D-day
The first Army will attack at H hour on D day with the object of forcing the evacuation of the St. Mihiel Salient." D-Day for the invasion of Normandy was set for June 5, 1944 -
Liberation of paris
The Liberation of Paris (also known as the Battle for Paris) was a military action that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944. -
Battle of the Bulge
was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
Yalta conference
was a meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt early in February 1945 as World War II was winding down -
Roosevelt dies
commonly known as FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the President of the United States from 1933 to 1945. -
Dachua liberated
It is unlikely that the total number of victims who died in Dachau will ever be known. -
Dachua opened
concentration camp was the first of the Nazi concentration camps opened in Germany, intended to hold political prisoners. -
Hitler commits suicide
in his Führerbunker in Berlin. His wife Eva (née Braun) committed suicide with him by taking cyanide. -
Hitler named Chancellor of Germany
President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or fÜhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany -
Last allied troops leave
when the last Russian soldier will depart. Western troops will leave a week later, with President Francois Mitterrand of France