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Japanese invade Manchuria.
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The German government takes away freedom of speech, assembly, press, and freedom from invasion of privacy and from house search without warrant.
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Laws are passed in Germany that permit the forced sterilization of Gypsies, the mentally and physically disabled, African-Germans, and others considered "inferior" or "unfit."
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Adolph Hitler declares himself president and chancellor of the Third Reich after the death of Paul von Hindenburg.
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Hitler violates the Versailles Treaty by renewing the compulsory military draft.
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Hitler's army invades the Rhineland.
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Further restrictions are imposed on the number of Jewish students attending German schools.
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The German government passes a decree requiring the registration of all Gypsies without a fixed address living in Austria; by June 1938, all Gypsy children above the age of 14 have to be fingerprinted. This is a central part of the growing racial definition of Gypsies as "criminally asocial."
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Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier of France and Mussolini of Italy met in Munich and agreed that Hitler should have the Sudetanland of Czechoslovakia.
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Nazi organized nation-wide pogroms result in the burning of hundreds of synagogues; the looting and destruction of many Jewish homes, schools, and community offices; vandalism; and the looting of 7,500 Jewish stores. Many Jews are beaten, and more than 90 are killed. Thirty-thousand Jewish men are arrested and imprisoned in concentration camps. Several thousand Jewish women are arrested and sent to local jails. This is followed by a punitive fine to be paid by the Jewish community for the damage
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Germany, under Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, and the Soviet Union, under Communist dictator Joseph Stalin, sign the Nonaggression Pact, which secretly accepts Germany’s plan to invade Poland.
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Germany invades Poland, starting World War II. Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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Hitler launched his blitzkrieg (lightning war) against Holland and Belgium. Rotterdam was bombed almost to extinction. Both countries were occupied.
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Italy entered the war on the side of the Axis powers. Italy's motive for entering the war was the hope of rich pickings from the spoils of war.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. The U.S. declares war on Japan.
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Allied troops land in France and begin invasion.
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Troops from the United States liberate Mauthausen concentration camp
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Germany surrenders, ending World War II in Europe.
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Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Japan signs surrender agreement, ending war.
