Events
January: Hitler delivered a speech threatening JewsSeptember: Outbreak of World War IIApril: Germany invaded Norway and DenmarkMay: Germany invaded Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg and FranceJune: German troops entered Paris. France surrenderedJuly: Battle of Britian beganSeptember: German Bombers attacked LondonOctober: Deportations to Warsaw Ghetto beganFebruary: Erwin Rommel arrived in AfricaApril: Germany invaded Greece and YugoslaviaJune: Operation Barbarossa. Germany began invading the USSRJuly: The final solution startedSeptember: All Jews were required to wear the yellow Star of David.October: Deportations began of Jews in greater GermanyDecember: German troops were forced back from Moscow11 December: Germany declared war on the USAJanuary: The Wannsee ConferenceFebruary: New Minister of Munitions and ArmamentsApril: The German offensive resumed in RussiaJuly: Treblinka extermination camp opened in PolandSeptember: Battle of Stalingrad beganJanuary: First American bombing campaign on GermanyJanuary: German Sixth army surrendered in StalingradFebruary: Goebbels call to 'wage total war'June: First extermination by gassing at AuschwitzJune: Himmler order liquidation of Polish GhettosJuly: Allies began invasion of SicilyJuly: Mussolini overthrown in ItalyJanuary: Soviet troops entered PolamdMay: Hungarian Jews were sent to Auschwitz6 June: D-Day landings occured.August: Paris was liberatedNovember: Auschwitz ceased to functionJanuary: Hitler returned to Berlin to make his last standFebruary: German City Dresden was destroyedMarch: Allied armies crossed Rhine River16 April: Soviets began offensive on Berlin28 April: Mussolini was executed30 April: Soviet troops took the Reichstag building30 April: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide1 May: Joesph Goebbels and his wife committed suicide after killing their six children8 May: The war in Europe ended
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