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World War 2 Events
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Chancellor of Germnay
President Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany -
First Regular concentration camp is created
SS opens the Dachau concentration camp outside of Munich -
Anti Jewish Boycott
Members of the Nazi Party and its affiliated organizations organize a nationwide boycott of Jewish-owned businesses in Germany. -
Law Limits Jews in Public Schools
The Law against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limits the number of Jewish students in public schools -
Book Burning
Books deemed "un-German" are publicly burned throughout Germany. -
Law of Neutrality
The US declared their isolation. -
Nuremberg Race Laws
laws excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or having sexual relations with persons of "German or related blood." -
Buchenwald Concentration Camp Opens
Buchenwald becomes one of the largest concentration camps established within the old German borders of 1937 -
German Annexation Of Austria
German troops invade Austria and incorporate Austria into the German Reich -
Munich Agreement
settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders -
German Jews passports declared invalid
Jews must surrender their old passports, which will become valid only after the letter “J” has been stamped on them. -
Kristallnacht
members of the Nazi Party and other Nazi formations burn synagogues, loot Jewish homes and businesses, and kill at least 91 Jews. -
German-Soviet Pact
provided that Germany would exchange manufactured goods for Soviet raw materials also agreed to not attack one another. -
German Invasion of poland
Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe -
Germany invades Denmark and Norway
When Germany occupied Denmark on April 9, 1940, the Jewish population was approximately 7,500, accounting for 0.2% of the country's total population. In Norway, Germany sought to secure naval bases for use against the British fleet in the North Sea and to guarantee vital iron-ore shipments from neutral Sweden -
Battle of Britain begins
Germans begin the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Britain -
Germany invades the Soviet Union
largest German military operation of World War II. The Destruction of the soviet union permanented elimination of the perceived Communist threat to Germany -
Jewish Badge
all people that are jewish above the age of 6 must wear this badge -
Deportations
German authorities begin deporting Jews from central Europe to ghettos in occupied eastern territory -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan launches a surprise attack on the United States Pacific fleet -
United States declares war on Japan
President Roosevelt asks the US Congress to declare war on Japan following the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor -
Wansee Conference
The "Final Solution" -
German Forces launch Offensive
German forces attack the Soviet Union -
German Defeat
German Surrenderat Stalingrad -
German troops occupy Hungary
German forces occupy Axis ally Hungary and install pro-German General Dome Sztojay as prime minister -
Attempt to ASsainate Hitler
German military officers attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler -
Prisoner Revolt
Prisoners assigned to Crematorium IV at the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center rebelled after learning that they were going to be killed -
Battle of the Bulge
Germans advanced as much as 50 miles in some areas, the Ardennes offensive was short-lived. Despite taking dreadful losses, US forces managed to delay the enemy sufficiently to permit reinforcements to be moved into position to halt the German drive -
Suicide
Adolf Hitler commits suicide -
german Surrender
German armed forces surrender unconditionally to Allied forces in the west.
