Outbreak to WW2 Izzy By araratcollegehistory Nov 11, 1918 WW1 ends with Germany defeat Jun 28, 1919 Signing of Treaty of Versailles Jul 28, 1921 Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) party Sep 8, 1926 Germany admitted to League of Nations Oct 29, 1929 Stock market on Wall Street crashes Sep 14, 1930 Germans elect Nazi's, 2nd largest political party in Germany 1933 Nazis open Dachau concentration camp Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Feb 27, 1933 German Reichstag burns Mar 12, 1933 First concentration opened at Oranienburg Mar 23, 1933 Hitler gains dictorial power after Enabling Act Jul 14, 1933 Nazi party declared Germany's only political party Oct 14, 1933 Germany quits League of Nations Jun 30, 1934 "Night of the Long Knives" Jul 25, 1934 Nazi's murder Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss Aug 2, 1934 German President Hidenburg dies Aug 19, 1934 Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany. Mar 16, 1935 Hitler violates TV by introducing military conscription Sep 15, 1935 German Jew stipped of rights by Nuremburg race laws Feb 10, 1936 The German Gestapo is placed above the law Mar 7, 1936 German troops occupy the Rhineland Nov 5, 1937 Hitler reveals war plans during Hossbach Conference Mar 12, 1938 Germany announces union with Austria Aug 12, 1938 German military mobilizes Sep 30, 1938 British Prime Minister Chamberlain appeases Hitler at Munich Oct 15, 1938 German troops occupy the Sudetenland; Czech government resigns Nov 10, 1938 "the Night of Broken Glass" Jan 30, 1939 Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech. Mar 16, 1939 Nazis take Czechoslovakia May 22, 1939 Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy Aug 23, 1939 Nazis and Soviets sign Pact