WWII Timeline of events
1933 January 30 - Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. 1934 August 19 - Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany. 1935 March 16 - Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription. September 15 - German Jews stripped of rights by Nuremberg Race Laws. 1936 February 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. August 1 - Olympic games begin in Berlin. October 1 - Franco declared head of Spanish State. 1937 June 11 - Soviet leader Josef Stalin begins a purge of Red Army generals. November 5 - Hitler reveals war plans during Hossbach Conference. 1938 March 12/13 - Germany announces 'Anschluss' (union) with Austria. Augu...