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Hitler, Führer of the National Socialist German Workers party, is appointed as chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg. This is the start of Adolf Hitler's campaign to make Germany a powerful and united state.
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The passing of the Enabling Act by the Reichstag gave Adolf Hitler the absolute dictatorial power he needed to move the country in his direction.
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Because of the League of Nation's effort towards reaching an international disarmament agreement, Adolf Hitler decided that Germany should withdraw from the League of Nations along with Japan.
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Rearmament had already secretly been going on in Germany since 1933, but it was only announced to the public in 1935 at a Free to Rearm military rally.
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The laws enacted on this day at the anual rally in Nuremberg by Hitler deprived the Jews of all rights of citizenship.
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On this day, the German troops were sent into the demilitarized Rhineland unopposed. These actions went against the Treaty of Versailles that Germany had previously been forced to submit to.
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In the war between Republicans of Spain, loyal to the Spanish republic, and the Nationalists of Spain, led by Francisco Franco, the Nazis decided to side with the Nationalists.
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On this day, German troops marched into Austria to annex it into the Third Reich. This event is also known as the Anschluss, which means union.
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The Munich Conference was a meeting of France and Britian in which the two countries agreed to let Germany seize Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia. Cxechoslovakia was not let into the meeting.
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On this day, the Germans moved into the remainder of Czechoslovakia that was yet to be occupied. This was the beginning of the division of Czechoslovakia.
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Representatives of Nazi Germany met with representatives of Soviet Russian and signed the Nonagression Pact, which stated that Germany and Russia would not attack each other.
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The Germans send their troops into Poland to invade and end up dividing and annexing the entire country. This action turns Germany into an enemy of Britain and France.
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On this day, the British and French announced that because Germany refused to withdraw their invasion of Poland, they would enter into a state of war on Germany.
