WW2 Timeline essays

WW2 Timeline essays 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 Fhrer 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. ...