WWII By Lyd10 Jan 30, 1933 Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany Mar 12, 1933 First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin. Apr 1, 1933 Nazi boycott of Jewish owned shops. Jun 1, 1933 Nazis open Dachau concentration camp. Oct 14, 1933 Germany quits the League of Nations. Aug 19, 1934 Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany. Mar 16, 1935 Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription. Sep 30, 1938 British Prime Minister Chamberlain appeases Hitler at Munich. Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass. Took place on the 9th and 10th of November Jan 30, 1939 Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech. Listen to Speech on this site: Mar 15, 1939 Nazis take Czechoslovakia. Aug 23, 1939 Nazis and Soviets sign Pact. Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland. Sep 3, 1939 Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany Sep 4, 1939 British Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy Oct 1, 1939 Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and disabled in Germany. Nov 30, 1939 Soviets attack Finland. Apr 9, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark and Norway. May 10, 1940 Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; May 15, 1940 Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister. Jul 1, 1940 German U-boats attack merchant ships in the Atlantic Sep 7, 1940 German Blitz against Britain begins. Mar 11, 1941 President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act. Apr 6, 1941 Nazis invade Greece and Yugoslavia Jun 14, 1941 United States freezes German and Italian assets in America. Sep 1, 1941 Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars. Sep 29, 1941 Nazis murder 33,771 Jews at Kiev. Dec 7, 1941 Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 United States and Britain declare war on Japan Dec 11, 1941 Hitler declares war on the United States. Jun 15, 1942 Mass murder of Jews by gassing begins at Auschwitz. Feb 2, 1943 Germans surrender at Stalingrad in the first big defeat of Hitler's armies
