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The End of Weimar
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Joseph Goebbels speaks at the Sportpalast
Joseph Goebbels speech on calling for total war when the tides turned on them in WWII.
(picture): Joseph Goebbels giving a speech at Sportpalast. -
Prelate Kaas becomes head of Center party
Kaas was distressed by the revolution that he joined the Center party.
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German bank crisis
Inflation rises in Germany
(picture): A chart showing Germany inflation. -
Reichstag Elections
The Nazi's become the biggest political party in Germany.
(picture): Nazi political party flag. -
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Hitler Takes Control
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Hindenburg appoints Hitler as Chancellor
(picture): Hindenburg appointing Hitler as Chancellor. -
Dachau
Dachau concentration camp opens.
(picture): Dachau concentration camp. -
Boycott of Jewish shops and businesses
(picture): People boycotting Jewish shops. -
Gestapo established
HItler's police
(picture): The Gestapo chasing someone. -
Hitler proclaims himself Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Reich Chancellor)
Armed forces must now swear allegiance to him.
(picture): Hitler being greeted. -
Nuremberg Laws
Anti-Jewish racial laws enacted; Jews no longer considered German citizens; Jews could not marry Aryans; nor could they fly the German flag.
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Germans march into the Rhineland
Previously demilitarized by the Versailles Treaty.
(picture): Germans marching into Rhineland. -
Hitler and Mussolini form Rome-Berlin Axis
Alliance between Italy and Germany.
(picture):Hitler and Mussolini forming Rome-Berlin Axis. -
All Jewish pupils expelled from German schools
(picture): Jews attending a Jewish school. -
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World War 2
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Germans occupy Czechoslovakia
(picture):Germans occupying Czechoslovakia. -
Beginning of World War II
Germany invades Poland.
(picture): Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
Concentration camp established at Auschwitz
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France surrenders
(picture): Article on France surrendering to Germany. -
United States declares war on Japan and Germany
(picture): Congress declares war. -
V-E Day
Germany surrenders; end of Third Reich.
(picture): Article proclaiming VE-Day. -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan proclaimed.
(picture): A girl holding a newspaper saying Japan surrenders. -
Japan Emperor Hirohito gives his first message to the public since the announcement of surrender
He renounces the notion of his divinity as a matter of legends and myths, and calls on the nation to eliminate evils of the past, and found a new peaceful Japan.
(picture): Japan emperor Hirohito. -
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The Aftermath
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The United States and Great Britain join their German zones of administration
(picture): German zones of administration.
