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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party.
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Germans invade Poland
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The day the japanease bombed pearl harbor.
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Adolf Hitler died on April 30, 1945 in Berlin, Germany, cowering in an underground bunker. Cause of death? Suicide. He swallowed a cyanide pill, then shot himself in the head. Afterwards, his remains were taken outside, doused in petrol, and set alight.