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Nazi Germany
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Hitler becomes leader of Nazi Party
With Hitler in control the Nazi Party grew into a mass movement and ruled Germany as a totalitarian state from 1933 to 1945 -
German left the League of Nations
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Hitler comes to power
In 1933 Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933 following a series of electoral victories by the Nazi Party. -
The Night of the Long Knives
150 leaders of the Stormtroopers SA were executed. Many members of the SA were committed socialists and demanded that Nazi policy embrace socialist aims. -
Nuremberg Laws
Nazi regime announced two new laws The Reich Citizenship Law, and The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor -
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Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass)
This night was used to scare the Jewish people and show the hate that the Germans have towards them. Germans would rob Jewish stores and break a lot of shop fronts and their synagogues. -
Hitler Declares War
Hitler declared war on the United States. Following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on 7th December the United States had declared war on Japan.