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Adolf Hiter gets appointed Chancellor
President Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany -
Concentration Opening by the SS
SS opens the Dachau concentration camp outside of Munich -
Law of Reestablishment
Law for the Reestablishment of the Professional Civil Service -
Law of Prevention of Progeny with Hereditary Diseases
Law for the Prevention of Progeny with Hereditary Diseases -
Nuremberg Race Laws
Nuremberg Race Laws -
Munich Agreement
Munich Agreement -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht was a nationwide pogrom in Germany -
Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Agreement
Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Agreement -
Germany invades Poland, starting World War II in Europe
Germany invades Poland, starting World War II in Europe -
Germany invades Denmark and Norway
Germany invades Denmark and Norway -
Battle of Britain begins
Battle of Britain begins -
Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece
Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece -
Germany invades the Soviet Union
Germany invades the Soviet Union -
Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing units) shoot nearly 3,000 Jews at the Seventh Fort, one of the 19th-century fortifications surrounding Kovno
Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing units) shoot nearly 3,000 Jews at the Seventh Fort, one of the 19th-century fortifications surrounding Kovno -
Nazi Germany declares war on the United States
Nazi Germany declares war on the United States -
Germans begin the deportation of more than 65,000 Jews from Drancy, outside Paris, to the east (primarily to Auschwitz)
Germans begin the deportation of more than 65,000 Jews from Drancy, outside Paris, to the east (primarily to Auschwitz) -
Germans begin the mass deportation of over 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka killing center
Germans begin the mass deportation of over 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka killing center -
D-Day: Allied forces invade Normandy, France
D-Day: Allied forces invade Normandy, France -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge -
Death march of nearly 60,000 prisoners from the Auschwitz camp system in southern Poland
Death march of nearly 60,000 prisoners from the Auschwitz camp system in southern Poland -
Death march of nearly 50,000 prisoners from the Stutthof camp system in northern Poland
Death march of nearly 50,000 prisoners from the Stutthof camp system in northern Poland -
American forces liberate the Dachau concentration camp
American forces liberate the Dachau concentration camp -
Adolf Hitler commits suicide
Adolf Hitler commits suicide -
Germany surrenders to the western Allies
Germany surrenders to the western Allies -
Germany surrenders to the Soviets
Germany surrenders to the Soviets
