_ 1933
January 30 Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
February 27 The German Reichstag burns.
March 12 First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin.
March 23 Enabling Act gives Hitler dictatorial power.
April 1 Nazi boycott of Jewish-owned shops.
May 10 Nazis burn books in Germany.
In June Nazis open Dachau concentration camp.
July 14 Nazi Party declared Germany's only political party.
October 14 Germany withdraws from the League of Nations.
1934
June 30 The Nazi "Night of the Long Knives".
July 25 Nazis murder Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss.
August 2 German President Hindenburg dies.
August 19 Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.
1935
March 16 Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription.
Sept. 15 German Jews stripped of rights by Nuremberg Race Laws.
1936
February 10 The German Gestapo is placed above the law.
March 7 German troops occupy the Rhineland.
May 9 Mussolini's Italian forces take Ethiopia.
July 18 Civil war erupts in Spain.
August 1 Olympic games begin in Berlin.
October 1 Franco declared head of Spanish State.
1937
June 11 Soviet leader Josef Stalin begins a purge of Red Army generals.
November 5 Hitler reveals war plans during Hossbach Conference.
1938
March 12/13 Germany announces 'Anschluss' (union) with Austria.
August 12 German military mobilizes.
September 30 British Prime Minister Chamberlain appeases Hitler at Munich.
October 15 German troops occupy the Sudetenland; Czech government resigns.
November 9/10 Kristallnacht - Nazi party launched "The Night of Broken Glass".
1939
January 30, 1939 Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech.
March 15/16 Nazis take Czechoslovakia.
March 28, 1939 Spanish Civil war ends.
May 22, 1939 Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy.
August 23, 1939 Nazis and Soviets sign Pact.
August 25, 1939 Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty.
August 31, 1939 British fleet mobilizes; Civilian evacuations begin from London.
September 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland.
September 3, 1939 Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.
September 4, 1939 British Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy.
September 5, 1939 United States proclaims its neutrality; German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland.
September 10, 1939 Canada declares war on Germany; Battle of the Atlantic begins.
September 17, 1939 Soviets invade Poland.
September 27, 1939 Warsaw surrenders to Nazis; Reinhard Heydrich becomes the leader of new
Reich Main Security Office (RSHA).
September 29, 1939 Nazis and Soviets divide up Poland.
In October Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and disabled in Germany.
November 8, 1939 Assassination attempt on Hitler fails.
November 30, 1939 Soviets attack Finland.
December 14, 1939 Soviet Union expelled from the League of Nations.
January 30 Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
February 27 The German Reichstag burns.
March 12 First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin.
March 23 Enabling Act gives Hitler dictatorial power.
April 1 Nazi boycott of Jewish-owned shops.
May 10 Nazis burn books in Germany.
In June Nazis open Dachau concentration camp.
July 14 Nazi Party declared Germany's only political party.
October 14 Germany withdraws from the League of Nations.
1934
June 30 The Nazi "Night of the Long Knives".
July 25 Nazis murder Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss.
August 2 German President Hindenburg dies.
August 19 Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.
1935
March 16 Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription.
Sept. 15 German Jews stripped of rights by Nuremberg Race Laws.
1936
February 10 The German Gestapo is placed above the law.
March 7 German troops occupy the Rhineland.
May 9 Mussolini's Italian forces take Ethiopia.
July 18 Civil war erupts in Spain.
August 1 Olympic games begin in Berlin.
October 1 Franco declared head of Spanish State.
1937
June 11 Soviet leader Josef Stalin begins a purge of Red Army generals.
November 5 Hitler reveals war plans during Hossbach Conference.
1938
March 12/13 Germany announces 'Anschluss' (union) with Austria.
August 12 German military mobilizes.
September 30 British Prime Minister Chamberlain appeases Hitler at Munich.
October 15 German troops occupy the Sudetenland; Czech government resigns.
November 9/10 Kristallnacht - Nazi party launched "The Night of Broken Glass".
1939
January 30, 1939 Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech.
March 15/16 Nazis take Czechoslovakia.
March 28, 1939 Spanish Civil war ends.
May 22, 1939 Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy.
August 23, 1939 Nazis and Soviets sign Pact.
August 25, 1939 Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty.
August 31, 1939 British fleet mobilizes; Civilian evacuations begin from London.
September 1, 1939 Nazis invade Poland.
September 3, 1939 Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.
September 4, 1939 British Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy.
September 5, 1939 United States proclaims its neutrality; German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland.
September 10, 1939 Canada declares war on Germany; Battle of the Atlantic begins.
September 17, 1939 Soviets invade Poland.
September 27, 1939 Warsaw surrenders to Nazis; Reinhard Heydrich becomes the leader of new
Reich Main Security Office (RSHA).
September 29, 1939 Nazis and Soviets divide up Poland.
In October Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and disabled in Germany.
November 8, 1939 Assassination attempt on Hitler fails.
November 30, 1939 Soviets attack Finland.
December 14, 1939 Soviet Union expelled from the League of Nations.
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