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World War Two Timeline
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The End of Weimar(Hitlers Road to Power).
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Elections of Germany
The Nazi's had 2.6% of the votes with 12 seats. -
Briand-Kellogg Pact
Signed in Paris by the US and France, this pact outlawed all future wars of agression. By 1929, sixty-three countries will have joined the pact. -
Briand-Kellogg Pact comes into Effect
Signed in 1928, the pact now held more than 60 signatories. This this pact was signed outside the league of nations, however it would not end the war. -
Freiheitsgesetz
Freiheitsgesetz , or Liberty Law, was a law proposed by Alfred Huegnberg, and Adolf Hitler that renounced all reperations Germany was to pay. -
German Federal Election
In the German Federal election in 1930, the Nazi Party won 18.25% of the vote, coming in second to the Social Democratic Party, which recieved 24.53% of the vote. The Nazis increased from 12 to 107, gaining 95 seats in Parliament, and the Social Democrats lost 10. -
German Presidential Elections
Presidential Elections in Germany took place on 10 April 1932. The three main candidates were Paul von Hindenburg, Adolf Hitler, and Ernst Thalmann. Hindenburg became the president of Germany with 49.6% of the votes in the 1. Round and 53.1% in the 2. Round. Hitler was right behind Hindenburg with 30.2% of the votes in the 1. Round and 36.7% in the 2. Round. Thalmann was in 3rd with 13.2% of the votes in the 1. Round and 10.1% in the 2. Round. -
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Hitler Takes Control
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Nazis open several concentration camps
Nazis open Dachau concentration camp near Munich, Buchenwald near Weimar near central Germany, Sachsenhausen near Berlin in northern Germany, and Ravensbrück for women. -
Hitler Bans All Political Parties
Hitler officially declares the Nazi Party the only political Party in Germany, outlawing any other parties. -
German officer core pledges allegiance to Hitler
President Hindenburg was the last thing in Hitlers way to get absolute power of Germany. When he died on August 2nd, 1934. There was a vote if the people in Germany would approve of Hitlers absolute power over Germany. 89.9% voted for Hitler and then he made a new law saying that the members of the armed forces and civil servants had to swear loyalty to Hitler. -
Hitlers Presidential Vote
After the death of Paul Hindenburg on the 3rd of August, presidential polls on the 19 of August show that hitler has 88% of the vote. There were around 38 million votes for hitler. -
Nuremberg Laws introduced in Germany
Germany announces the Nuremburg laws by which Jews got geprived of their German citizenship and intermarriage with Jews got forbidden. -
German Reoccupation of the Rhineland
Hitler violates the terms the treaty of Versailes by sending troops across the Rhein and they remilitarized the Rheinland. Hitler took advantage of the crisis in Ethiopia, which diverted the French and English attention from Europe, and defended his actions by claiming the threat of encirclement by France and he Soviet Union through their new alliance system. -
Berlin Olympics
Germany hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics. Hitler used the opportunity to reintegrate Germany into the international community and to showcase the superiority of his "Aryan Race". Hitler also used the Olympics to to show the lack of anti-semitism in Germany. -
Guernica
German and Italian warplanes flew threw Guernica and bombed it. It was bombed, because it was considered a resistance, so that is why it became a target. -
German Annexation of Austria
This was the day that the German Military marched into Austria, and added six million people to the German Reich. The Austrians were not upset about this, they were actually very pleased, because people had been waiting for the unification of both nations for years. -
Évian Conference
Between July 6th and July 13th the Évian Conference was initiated by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt to discuss the issue of a increase of numbers of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution. -
The Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement was signed on the September 30th, yet dated to have occured on the 29th. Britain, Germany, Italy and France Representatives met in Munich to discuss the future of the Sudetenland. Germany wanted the annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. -
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World War, Again.
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Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland was also called September Campaign, Poland Campaign and Polenfeldzug and happened one week after the signing of the Molotov-RIbbentrop Pact. Poland was invaded by Nazi-Germany, the USSR and a small Slovak group. -
USA Proclaim Neutrality while German Troops go into Poland
United States proclaims its neutrality; German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland. -
Invasion of Denmark and Norway
Nazis invade Denmark and Norway. -
Invasions and Prime Ministers
Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister. -
Hitler Succeeds in Greece
Greece surrenders to the Nazis. -
U-Boats
Germans begin a U-boat offensive along east coast of USA. -
Defeat at Stalingrad
Germans surrender at Stalingrad in the first big defeat of Hitler's armies. -
German Officers Betray Hitler
Assassination attempt by German Army officers against Hitler fails. -
Surrender in Italy
German troops in Italy surrender. -
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The Aftermath
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End of World War 2
President Truman officially declares an end to hostilities by Presidential Proclamation. -
Memorials
The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum opens its first permanent exhibition on the seventh anniversary of the arrival of the Nazi camp's first prisoners. -
Map of Europe
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Hitler Endorsed by 9 to 1 in Poll on his Dictatorship, but Opposition Is Doubled
A plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer.
