Timeline
January 30 1933- President Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as the Chancellor of Germany.
Mach 20, 1933- SS opens the Dachau concentration camp outside Munich.
April 1, 1933- Boycott of Jewish- owned shops and businesses in Germany.
April 7, 1933- Law for the Reestablishment of the Professional Civil Service.
July 14, 1933- Law for the Prevention of Progeny with Hereditary.
September 15, 1935- Nuremberg Race Laws
March 16, 1935- Germany introduces military conscription.
March 7 1936- German troops march unopposed into Rhineland.
August 1, 1936- Summer Olympics begin in Berlin.
March 11- 13, 1938- Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss.( Germany)
August 23, 1939- Nazi- Soviet Nonaggression Agreement.
September 1, 1939- Germany invades Poland, starting World War II in Europe.
October 8, 1939- Germans establish a ghetto in Pirotrkow Trybunalski, Poland.
April 9, 1940- Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
May 10, 1940- Germany attacks western Europe ( France and the low countries)
July 10, 1940- Battle of Britain begins.
April 6, 1941- Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece.
June 22, 1941- Germany invades the Soviet Union.
July 6, 1941- Einsatzgruppen shoot nearly 3,000 Jews at the Seventh Fort, one of the 19th century fortifications surrounding Kovno.
August 3, 1941- Bishop Clement August Graf von Galen of Muenster denounces the “euthanasia” killing program in a public sermon.
September 28- 29, 1941- Einsatzgruppen shoot about 34,000 Jews at Babi Yar, outside Kiev.
November 7, 1941- Einsatzgruppen round up 13,000 Jews from the Minsk ghetto and kill then in nearby Tuchinka.
December 6, 1941- Soviet winter counter offensive.
December 7, 1941- Japan bomb Pearl Harbour and the United Sates declares war the next day.
December 8, 1941- The first killing operations begin at Chelmno in occupied Poland.
December 11, 1941- Nazi Germany declares war on the United States.
January 16, 1942- Germans begin the mass deportation of more than 65,000 Jews from Lodz to the Chelmno killing centre.
January 20, 1942- Wanness Conference held near Berlin, Germany.
March 27, 1942- Germans begin the deportation of more than 65,000 Jews from Drancy, outside Paris, to the east.
July 15, 1942- Germans begin mass deportations of nearly 100,000 Jews from the occupied Netherlands to the east (primarily to Auschwitz).
July 22, 1942- Germans begin the mass deportation of over 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka killing center.
September 12, 1942- Germans complete the mass deportation of 265,000 Jews from Warsaw to Treblinka.
November 23, 1942- Soviet troops counterattacked at Stalingrad, trapping the German Sixth Army in the city.
April 19, 1943- Warsaw ghetto uprising begins.
July 5, 1943- Battle of Kursk.
October 1, 1943- Rescue of Jews in Denmark.
March 19, 1944- German forces occupy Hungary.
May 15, 1944- Germans begin the mass deportation of about 440,000 Jews from Hungary.
June 6, 1944- Allied forces invade Normandy, France.
July 25, 1944- Anglo- American forces break out of Normandy.
August 1, 1944- Warsaw Polish uprising begins.
August 15, 1944- Allied forces land in Southern France.
August 25, 1944- Liberation of Paris.
December 16, 1944- Battle of the Bulge.
January 12, 1945- Soviet winter offensive.
January 18, 1945- Death march of nearly 60,000 prisoners from Auschwitz camp system in southern Poland.
January 25, 1945- Death march of nearly 50,000 prisoners from the Stutthof camp system in northern Poland.
January 27, 1945- Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex.
March 7, 1945- Us troops cross the Rhine River at Remagen.
April 16, 1945- The Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin.
April 29, 1945- American forces liberate the Dachau concentration camp.
April 30, 1945- Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
May 7, 1945- Germany surrenders to the western allies.
May 9, 1945- Germany surrenders to the Soviets.
Mach 20, 1933- SS opens the Dachau concentration camp outside Munich.
April 1, 1933- Boycott of Jewish- owned shops and businesses in Germany.
April 7, 1933- Law for the Reestablishment of the Professional Civil Service.
July 14, 1933- Law for the Prevention of Progeny with Hereditary.
September 15, 1935- Nuremberg Race Laws
March 16, 1935- Germany introduces military conscription.
March 7 1936- German troops march unopposed into Rhineland.
August 1, 1936- Summer Olympics begin in Berlin.
March 11- 13, 1938- Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss.( Germany)
August 23, 1939- Nazi- Soviet Nonaggression Agreement.
September 1, 1939- Germany invades Poland, starting World War II in Europe.
October 8, 1939- Germans establish a ghetto in Pirotrkow Trybunalski, Poland.
April 9, 1940- Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
May 10, 1940- Germany attacks western Europe ( France and the low countries)
July 10, 1940- Battle of Britain begins.
April 6, 1941- Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece.
June 22, 1941- Germany invades the Soviet Union.
July 6, 1941- Einsatzgruppen shoot nearly 3,000 Jews at the Seventh Fort, one of the 19th century fortifications surrounding Kovno.
August 3, 1941- Bishop Clement August Graf von Galen of Muenster denounces the “euthanasia” killing program in a public sermon.
September 28- 29, 1941- Einsatzgruppen shoot about 34,000 Jews at Babi Yar, outside Kiev.
November 7, 1941- Einsatzgruppen round up 13,000 Jews from the Minsk ghetto and kill then in nearby Tuchinka.
December 6, 1941- Soviet winter counter offensive.
December 7, 1941- Japan bomb Pearl Harbour and the United Sates declares war the next day.
December 8, 1941- The first killing operations begin at Chelmno in occupied Poland.
December 11, 1941- Nazi Germany declares war on the United States.
January 16, 1942- Germans begin the mass deportation of more than 65,000 Jews from Lodz to the Chelmno killing centre.
January 20, 1942- Wanness Conference held near Berlin, Germany.
March 27, 1942- Germans begin the deportation of more than 65,000 Jews from Drancy, outside Paris, to the east.
July 15, 1942- Germans begin mass deportations of nearly 100,000 Jews from the occupied Netherlands to the east (primarily to Auschwitz).
July 22, 1942- Germans begin the mass deportation of over 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka killing center.
September 12, 1942- Germans complete the mass deportation of 265,000 Jews from Warsaw to Treblinka.
November 23, 1942- Soviet troops counterattacked at Stalingrad, trapping the German Sixth Army in the city.
April 19, 1943- Warsaw ghetto uprising begins.
July 5, 1943- Battle of Kursk.
October 1, 1943- Rescue of Jews in Denmark.
March 19, 1944- German forces occupy Hungary.
May 15, 1944- Germans begin the mass deportation of about 440,000 Jews from Hungary.
June 6, 1944- Allied forces invade Normandy, France.
July 25, 1944- Anglo- American forces break out of Normandy.
August 1, 1944- Warsaw Polish uprising begins.
August 15, 1944- Allied forces land in Southern France.
August 25, 1944- Liberation of Paris.
December 16, 1944- Battle of the Bulge.
January 12, 1945- Soviet winter offensive.
January 18, 1945- Death march of nearly 60,000 prisoners from Auschwitz camp system in southern Poland.
January 25, 1945- Death march of nearly 50,000 prisoners from the Stutthof camp system in northern Poland.
January 27, 1945- Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex.
March 7, 1945- Us troops cross the Rhine River at Remagen.
April 16, 1945- The Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin.
April 29, 1945- American forces liberate the Dachau concentration camp.
April 30, 1945- Adolf Hitler commits suicide.
May 7, 1945- Germany surrenders to the western allies.
May 9, 1945- Germany surrenders to the Soviets.