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The First World War begins.

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Germany yields, ending the First World War. The Weimar Republic is proclaimed.

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The Treaty of Versailles is signed.

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Hitler joins the German Workers' Party (precursor to Nazi Party).

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Allied armies occupy much of resource-rich Rhineland.

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Economic crisis in Germany after Ruhr (the leading industrial area) is occupied by the French and subsequent printing of paper currency recklessly, leading to falling value of the German mark and hyperinflation.

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Hitler plans to seize control of Bavaria, march to Berlin, and capture power in a failed coup.

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The Wall Street Exchange in the USA crashes, marking the beginning of the Great Economic Depression. US support to Germany is withdrawn.

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By this time, the Nazi Party becomes the largest party in Germany with 37% of votes.

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Hitler is offered the Chancellorship of Germany (the highest position in the cabinet of ministers) by President Hindenburg.

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The Fire Decree indefinitely suspends civic rights such as freedom of speech, press, and assembly (which were guaranteed by the Weimar constitution). This is in response to a mysterious fire which broke out in the German Parliament in the same month.

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The Enabling Act is passed, which established dictatorship in Germany (Hitler is given the power to sideline the Parliament and rule by decree; all political parties and trade unions are banned except the Nazi Party and its affiliates).

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Hitler withdraws from the League of Nations.

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September 1935: Nuremberg Laws of Citizenship are created, by which Jews are excluded from German citizenship and are segregated from Germans.

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Hitler reoccupies the Rhineland.

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Hitler integrates Austria and Germany under the slogan "One people, One empire, and One leader".

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'The Night of the Broken Glass' or 'Kristallnacht' takes place, a pogrom in which Jewish properties are vandalised and looted, their houses are attacked, synagogues are burnt, and men are arrested.

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Germany invades Poland. The Second World War begins.

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A Tripartite Pact is signed between Germany, Italy, and Japan. This strengthens Hitler's claim to international power.

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Germany invades the USSR.

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The mass murder of Jews begins.

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Jews have to begin wearing a yellow Star of David on their breasts, and this mark was stamped on their passports, legal documents, and houses. They are pauperised and shifted to ghettos.

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The USA joins the Second World War.

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Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz.

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Hitler, Goebbels, and his entire family commit suicide in his Berlin bunker.

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Allied victory in Europe after Germany surrenders.