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Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany
The Nazi Party then began to eliminate all political opposition and consolidate its power. -
Hindenburg died and Hitler becomes dictator of Germany
Hitler became Dictator of Germany by merging the offices and powers of the chancellery and presidency -
National referendum confirmed Hitler's role as the Fuhrer of Germany
All power was centralized in Hitler's person and his word became above all laws. The government was not a coordinated, co-operating body, but a collection of factions struggling for power and Hitler's favor. -
The Nuremburg Laws
The Nazis would take from the Jews their wealth, their right to intermarry with non-Jews, and their right to occupy many fields of labor (such as practicing law, medicine or working as educators). They eventually declared them undesirable to remain among German citizens and society, which over time dehumanized the Jews. -
Hitler makes a non-aggression pact with Joseph Stalin and invades Poland
This invasion is the start of WWII -
Germany conquered most of Europe
Germany conquered most of Europe by 1940 and threatened the UK. Reichskommissariats took control of conquered areas and a German administration was established in what was left of Poland. -
Hitler orders an attack on Norway
German forces invaded the neutral Scandinavian country of Norway. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940 and the Germans then controlled Norway until the capitulation of German forces in Europe on May 8/9, 1945 -
Germany assumed full control of France
Germany established The Military Administration in France which was an interim occupation authority -
Nazi Germany suffers major military defeats
Hitler's refusal to allow a retreat led to the deaths of 200,000 German and Romanian soldiers; of the 91,000 men who surrendered in the city on 31 January 1943, only 6,000 survivors returned to Germany after the war -
Germany had lost of their Eastern territorial gains
The territories Germany lost include: East Prussia, Farther Pomerania, East Brandenburg, Upper Silesia, and almost all of Lower Silesia -
Germany has full control of Italy
The Germans too snapped into action. Ever since Mussolini began to falter, Hitler had been making plans to invade Italy to keep the Allies from gaining a foothold that would situate them within easy reach of the German-occupied Balkans. On the day of Italy’s surrender, Hitler launched Operation Axis, the occupation of Italy. As German troops entered Rome, General Badoglio and the royal family fled to Brindisi, in southeastern Italy, to set up a new antifascist government. -
Large-scale aerial bombing of Germany escalates
aerial attack on railways, harbors, cities, workers' housing, and industrial districts in enemy territory during World War II. Strategic bombing is a military strategy which is distinct from both close air support of ground forces and tactical air power. -
Germany has full control of Hungary
When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union, Hitler demanded that Hungary mobilize its military against the Soviets as well -
D-Day Landings in Normandy
the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Code named Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. -
Soviet Forces enter Germany
Withdrawals from East Germany in 1956 and 1957/58 comprised more than 70,000 Soviet army personnel, including 18th Guards Army Staff. -
Hitler Commits suicide
Hitler and his staff lived in the underground Führer bunker while the Red Army approached. On 30 April, when Soviet troops were within two blocks of the Reich Chancellery, Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide in the Führer bunker -
The German Instrument of Surrender was signed
marking the end of the Nazi regime and the end of World War II in Europe.
