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Americans celebrate.
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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
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First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin.
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Enabling Act gives Hitler dictatorial power.
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German troops occupy the Rhineland.
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Olympic games begin in Berlin.
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Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign a treaty of cooperation on October 25; on November 1, the Rome-Berlin Axis is announced
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Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific.
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Hitler commits suicide.