Table of Data Points

Tag : Europe

1938-08-07Mauthausen-Gusen

Prisoners from Dachau were sent to the town of Mauthausen near Linz, Austria, to begin the construction of a new camp. After it's completion between 122,766 and 320,000 people were murdered at Mauthausen-Gusen.

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1938-03-13Anschluss

Austria is annexed to Germany. Hitler achieves his aim of uniting the two German-speaking nations of Europe.

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1937-11-05Liebensraum

The Hossbach Memorandum summaries a meeting between Hilter and his military and foreign policy leadership. The meeting marks a turning point and radicalization in German foreign policy. "It was therefore a question of space."

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1936-11-01Rome-Berlin Axis

Germany and Italy form an alliance based (to some extent) on common ideology.

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1936-07-171939-04-01Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil war becomes a test case for modern warfare motivated by extreme left/right ideology.

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1936-03-07Occupation of Rhineland

Hilter abandons any pretence of adhering to Treaty of Versailles and sends troops to take control of the Rhineland.

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1935-10-031936-05-07Italy conquers Abyssinia

World opinion railes against Italian aggression in North Africa. The League of Nations (created after WW1 to avoid international conflict) fails to influence Italian policy.

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1934-08-02Hindenburg dies

Hitler combines the offices of president and chancellor, naming himself Fuhrer.

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1933-07-14Gleichschaltung

Completing the transition to a totalitarian regime, all other political parties in Germany are outlawed.

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1933-03-23Rule by Decree

Reichstag passes legislation giving Hitler unprecedented power to rule by Decree. Germany effectively becomes a one party Nazi state.

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