World War II

By FrakerL
  • Hitler becomes leader

    Hitler becomes leader
    Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party.
  • Hitlers speech

    Hitlers speech
    Hitler gives inspirational speech at beer hall in putsch that gives him support by everyone
  • Hitlers book

    Hitlers book
    Hitler makes a book about his struggle while he is in prison
  • Hitler Becomes chancellor of Germany

    President Paul von Hindenburg had already appointed Hitler as Chancellor on 30 January 1933 after a series of parliamentary elections and associated backroom intrigues.
  • The German Reichstag Burns

    The German Reichstag Burns
    The Reichstag fire was an arson attack on the Reichstag building in Berlin on 27 February 1933, just one month after Adolf Hitler had been sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
  • First Concentration Camp

    First Concentration Camp
    First concentration camp opens in Oranienburg, ooutside of Gemrany
  • Enabling Act gives Hitler dictatorial power

     Enabling Act gives Hitler dictatorial power
    It passed in both the Reichstag and Reichsrat on 24 March 1933, and was signed by President Paul von Hindenburg later that day. The act stated that it was to last four years unless renewed by the Reichstag, which occurred twice.
  • Nazi boycott of Jewish owned shops

    the Nazi leadership decided to stage an economic boycott against the Jews of Germany.
  • Nazi Book burning

    Nazi Book burning
    Nazis burned books that were against their beleifs
  • Nazi Party declared Germany's only political party

    Nazi Party declared Germany's only political party
    hitlers government declared the Nazi Party to be the only political party in Germany. On the death of Hindenburg in 1934 Hitler took the titles of Führer (“Leader”), chancellor, and commander in chief of the army, and he remained leader of the Nazi Party as well.
  • Germany quits the League of Nations

    In October 1933, some nine months after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, the German government announced its withdrawal from the League of Nations
  • Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany

    Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany
    With the death of German President Paul von Hindenburg, Chancellor Adolf Hitler becomes absolute dictator of Germany under the title of Fuhrer, or “Leader.”
  • The German Gestapo is placed above the law.

    The German Gestapo is placed above the law.
    Adolf Hitler had appointed Göring as Minister of the Interior for the State of Prussia, Germany's biggest and most important state, ... This meant the Gestapo was now above the law and there could be no legal appeal regarding anything it did.
  • Nazis invade Poland

    Nazis invade Poland
    Germany invades Poland
  • Assassination attempt on Hitler fails.

    Assassination attempt on Hitler fails.
    Claus von Stauffenberg and other conspirators attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany, inside his Wolf's Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia.