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President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor
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The German Reichstag (Parliament) building is burned down and the President gives Hitler and the Nazis power in order to protect the people and the state.
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The Nuremberg Laws are announced. Jews are stripped of their civil rights and citizenship as Germans.
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Berlin hosted the Olympics, and Hitler tried to promote Nazism around the world. Even though Hitler tried to display “Aryan superiority”, African American Jesse Owens won most of the events.
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“Anschluss” Austria was annexed by Germany with no bloodshed.
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Germany occupies the Sudetenland after the Munich Conference with Britain and France.
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Kristallnacht or Night of the Broken Glass. Nazi government officials sanction the attack and torture of Jewish people overnight.
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Hitler invades Poland, officially starting WWII in Europe.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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Germany conquers Denmark and Norway.
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To June 22 1940- German blitzkrieg fighting quickly conquers most of Western Europe
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Winston Churchill becomes the leader of Great Britain.
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Italy enters the war on Germany’s side
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The Battle of Britain. Germany launches an air attack on Great Britain
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Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact creating the Axis Powers alliances
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The Axis Powers launch a massive attack on Russia
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Japan attacks the US Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
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The US enters WWII on the Allies side.
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US Navy defeats the Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway
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D-Day in Europe. Huge success for the Allies, they invade France and push the Germans back
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September 3, 1943- Italy surrenders to the Allies
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France is captured by the Allies
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Battle of the Bulge. Last German offensive, they lost to the allies.
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US president Franklin Roosevelt dies. Succeeded by President Harry Truman.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.