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germany burns
May 10 - Nazis burn books in Germany. -
hitler
1935
March 16 - Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription. -
gestapo
1936
February 10 - The German Gestapo is placed above the law -
occupado
March 7 - German troops occupy the Rhineland. -
stalin
1937
June 11 - Soviet leader Josef Stalin begins a purge of Red Army generals -
austria
1938
March 12/13 - Germany announces 'Anschluss' (union) with Austria -
assassination
November 8, 1939 - Assassination attempt on Hitler fails. -
union
December 14, 1939 - Soviet Union expelled from the League of Nations