How did Hitler's obsession rule over the continent and crush the economy of Germany?
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Explanation:
1939
Peace treaty with Russia secured with the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. Hitler invades Poland on September 1st and after 3 weeks of lightning war or ‘Blitzkrieg’ the country is divided between Russia and Germany. On September 3rd France, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand declared war on Germany.
1940
The Nazis occupy Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium and France. Romania and Yugoslavia are invaded.
June 1941
OKH commander Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch and Hitler, studies maps during the early days of Hitler's Russian Campaign
Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch and Hitler studying maps during Operation BarbarossaGermany attacks Russia, ignoring the peace pact. Operation Barbarossa, The German invasion of Russia, begins.
December 1941
Japanese Air Force attacks Pearl Harbour and war is declared on the US.
February 1943
Although commanded by Hitler to stand and fight, the Germans surrender in the battle of Stalingrad. From this point in the war, Germany is continually retreating.
July 1944
Hitler survives an assassination attempt by Colonel Stauffenberg, who places a bomb in a briefcase under a table close to Hitler. As a result, Hitler purges the army of all possible suspects.
January 1945
Soviet troops enter Nazi Germany.
22 April 1945
Hitler decides to stay in Berlin to the last.
26 April 1945
Berlin completely besieged by the Soviet Army Fronts of Marshals Koniev and Zhukov.
Hitler's Death
30 April 1945
Hitler commits suicide with his wife of two days, Eva Braun; their bodies are believed to have been cremated.