WWII By kwheeler17 Jul 29, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party. Nov 8, 1923 Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch Jul 18, 1925 Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" published Sep 8, 1926 Germany admitted to League of Nations Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market on Wall Street crashes Nov 8, 1932 Franklin Roosevelt elected President of the United States Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Mar 12, 1933 First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin Mar 23, 1933 Enabling Act gives Hitler dictatorial power Apr 1, 1933 Nazi boycott of Jewish owned shops May 10, 1933 Nazis burn books in Germany Jul 14, 1933 Nazi Party declared Germany's only political party Oct 14, 1933 Germany quits the League of Nations Jun 30, 1934 The Nazi "Night of the Long Knives." Aug 2, 1934 German President Hindenburg dies Aug 19, 1934 Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany Sep 15, 1935 German Jews stripped of rights by Nuremberg Race Laws Feb 10, 1936 The German Gestapo is placed above the law Mar 7, 1936 German troops occupy the Rhineland May 9, 1936 Mussolini's Italian forces take Ethiopia Jul 18, 1936 Civil war erupts in Spain Sep 30, 1938 British Prime Minister Chamberlain appeases Hitler at Munich Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass Mar 28, 1939 Spanish Civil war ends Jun 11, 1939 Soviet leader Josef Stalin begins a purge of Red Army generals Sep 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland Sep 3, 1939 Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany Dec 11, 1941 Hitler declares war on the United States Jun 6, 1944 D-Day landings on the northern coast of France May 7, 1945 Unconditional surrender of all German forces to Allies