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1935

3.16.1935

Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Versailles Treaty. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.

1936

3.7.1936

World War II (Prelude to): In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.

1937

4.26.1937

Spanish Civil War: Guernica (or Gernika in Basque, Spain is bombed by German Luftwaffe.

1938

9.12.1938

Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

9.30.1938

At 2:00 am, Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

9.30.1938

At 2:00 am, Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

10.1.1938

Germany annexes the Sudetenland.

12.13.1938

The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

1939

3.22.1939

World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.

5.22.1939

World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.

7.6.1939

Holocaust: the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.

8.23.1939

World War II: Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.

9.3.1939

World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.

9.6.1939

World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany.

9.17.1939

World War II: A German U-boat ''U 29'' sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous.

10.8.1939

World War II: Germany annexes Western Poland.

1940

5.10.1940

World War II: The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent.

5.17.1940

World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.

5.28.1940

World War II: Belgium surrenders to Germany.

6.10.1940

World War II: Norway surrenders to German forces.

6.14.1940

World War II: Paris falls under German occupation, and Allied forces retreat.

6.17.1940

World War II: Operation Ariel begins – Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.

8.16.1940

World War II: The Communist Party is banned in German-occupied Norway.

9.13.1940

World War II: German bombs damage Buckingham Palace.

9.27.1940

World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.

10.31.1940

World War II: The Battle of Britain ends – the United Kingdom prevents a German invasion.

11.16.1940

World War II: In response to Germany's leveling of Coventry, England two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.

1941

4.1.1941

The Blockade Runner Badge for the German navy is instituted.

4.27.1941

World War II: German troops enter Athens.

6.1.1941

World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.

7.4.1941

Nazi Germans massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Ukrainian city of Lviv.

7.5.1941

World War II: German troops reach the Dnieper River.

8.22.1941

World War II: German troops reach Leningrad, leading to the siege of Leningrad.

9.4.1941

World War II: a German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship, the USS Greer.

9.8.1941

World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad.

9.29.1941

World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: German Einsatzgruppe C begins the Babi Yar massacre, according to the Einsatzgruppen operational situation report.

9.30.1941

World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: German Einsatzgruppe C complete Babi Yar massacre.

10.2.1941

World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.

10.8.1941

World War II: In their invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany reaches the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.

10.31.1941

World War II: The destroyer USS ''Reuben James'' is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 United States Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.

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