Nov 11 – World War One ends with German defeat. April 28 – League of Nations founded. June 28 – Signing of the Treaty of Versailles. July 29 – Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist ‘Nazi’ Party. July 18 – Hitler’s book “Mein Kampf” published. Sept 8 – Germany admitted to League of Nations.
Oct 29 – Stock Market on Wall Street crashes. Sept 14 – Germans elect Nazis making them the 2nd largest political party in Germany. Nov 8 – Roosevelt elected President of the United States. Jan 30 – Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. March 12 – First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin. March 23 – Enabling Act gives Hitler dictatorial power. See also – The Rise of Hitler – from Unknown to Dictator of Germany 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 only party in Germany. Oct 14 – Germany quits the League of Nations. June 30 – The “Night of the Long Knives.” July 25 – Nazis murder Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss. Aug 2 – German President Hindenburg dies.
Aug 19 – Adolf Hitler becomes F;hrer of Germany. March 16 – Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription. Sept 15 – German Jews stripped of rights by Nuremberg Race Laws. Feb 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. Aug 1 – Olympic games begin in Berlin. Oct 1 – Franco declared head of Spanish State. June 11 – Soviet leader Stalin begins a purge of Red Army generals. .
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