World war II Events

  • Event 1

    1933 Adolf Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany, then promoted to Fuhrer in 1934 giving him complete control of the military.
  • Event 5

    Massive expansion of Auschwitz begins b in 1941
  • Event 2

    Gemamy invades Poland, begins first massive SS activity in Poland
  • Event 3

    After divison of Poland, 2 million jews left under Nazi control
  • Event 4

    Nazi's choose Auschwitz as new concentration camp
  • Event 5

    Germamy begin massive invasions in Demmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Holland , and Luxembourg
  • Event 6

    First massive evacuation in concentration occurs throughout east europe in 1943
  • Event 7

    United states and Soviet Union make progress in freeing all concentration camps during 1945
  • Event 8

    Hitler commits suicide in Berlin bunker in 1945
  • Event 9

    The last remaining Jews evacuated from Auschwitz