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birth
in Braunau am Inn in the empire of Austria-Hungary. -
Vienna
Hitler moves to Vienna with the aim of attending the Vienna Academy of Art, but his application is rejected. -
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Adolf Hitler serves in World War I
Corporal Hitler was a dispatch runner. During lulls in the fighting he would take out his watercolors and paint the landscapes of war. -
Adolf Hitler joins German Workers' Party
Hitler investigate a small group in Munich known as the German Workers' Party. -
Nazi Party formed
Adolf, changed the name to Nazi party and by the end of 1920 it had about three thousand members. -
Adolf Hitler named leader of the Nazi Party
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Adolf Hitler is Sentenced to Five Years' Imprisonment at Landsberg Prison for Treason
Hitler was sentenced to five years' imprisonment at Landsberg Prison. He was pardoned and released from jail on 20 December 1924, by order of the Bavarian Supreme Court. -
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Adolf Hitler, Nazis come to power through the Great Depression
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Adolf Hitler runs for president of Germany
"Freedom and Bread," was the slogan used by Hitler. -
Nazi Concentration Camp at Dachau is Opened
The first Nazi concentration camp. -
Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement was an agreement regarding the Sudetenland, which were areas along borders of Czechoslovakia. -
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Second Battle of El Alamein
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Nazi concentrations camps were liberated
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Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide
Hitler committed suicide, shooting himself in the temple while simultaneously biting into a cyanide capsule.