Tag: Hitler

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30th June 1934: Hitler purges the Nazi party in the Night of the Long Knives

• 30th June 2026
• Tagged as: Assassination, Control, Dictatorship, Germany, Hitler, Murder, Nazi, Night of the Long Knives, Rohm, SA

Although the popular name suggests the purge lasted for one night, the executions went on throughout the weekend.

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22nd June 1941: Operation Barbarossa begins as German forces and their allies invade the Soviet Union during the Second World War

• 22nd June 2026
• Tagged as: Germany, Hitler, Nazi, Operation Barbarossa, Russia, Second World War, Soviet Union, Stalin, USSR, World War 2, WW2

By the end of 1940 Hitler had authorised the invasion of the USSR, with the intention of securing agricultural land and raw materials, alongside the eradication of communism.

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26th April 1925: Paul von Hindenburg elected President of the Weimar Republic

• 26th April 2026
• Tagged as: Democracy, Election, Germany, Hindenburg, Hitler, Politics, Weimar

As president, Hindenburg possessed significant constitutional powers, including the authority to appoint governments and, under certain conditions, to rule by emergency decree.

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14th April 1935: Stresa Front signed between the United Kingdom, France, and Italy

• 14th April 2026
• Tagged as: Britain, Diplomacy, Europe, France, Germany, Hitler, Italy, Mussolini, Ramsay MacDonald, Stresa, Stresa Front, Stresa Pact

The Stresa Front consisted of a formal declaration opposing unilateral changes to European treaties and the intention to resist further violations by Adolf Hitler.

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1st April 1924: Adolf Hitler found guilty of treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch and sentenced to five years in jail

• 1st April 2026
• Tagged as: Beer Hall Putsch, Crime, Germany, Hitler, Munich, Nazi, Politics, Revolution, Weimar

Hitler’s detention provided him with the opportunity to write Mein Kampf, his blueprint for power, and to rethink the tactics he would use to take that power in Germany.

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27th February 1933: Reichstag building in Berlin set on fire in an arson attack

• 27th February 2026
• Tagged as: Arson, Communist, Fire, Germany, Hitler, Nazi, Reichstag, Van Der Lubbe

Communists were blamed for starting the fire in the Reichstag, and Dutch communist Marinus van der Lubbe was found and arrested.

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13th January 1935: The Territory of the Saar Basin voted in a plebiscite to reunite with Germany

• 13th January 2026
• Tagged as: France, Germany, Hitler, Nazi, Plebiscite, Politics, Propaganda, Saar, Treaty of Versailles, Vote

Voter turnout in the plebiscite was 98% of all eligible voters in the Saar, and 90.8% of them chose to re-join the German Reich.

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8th November 1923: Adolf Hitler leads the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich, alongside General Ludendorff

• 8th November 2025
• Tagged as: Bavaria, Beer, Germany, Hitler, Munich, Nazi, Politics, Putsch, Revolution

Hitler was injured and escaped capture, but was arrested two days later and put on trial for high treason.

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15th September 1935: Nazi Germany introduces the discriminatory ‘Nuremberg Laws’

• 15th September 2025
• Tagged as: Anti-Semitism, Germany, Hitler, Judaism, Nazi, Nuremberg Laws

The Nuremberg Laws enshrined anti-semitic discrimination in the legal framework of the country through two pieces of legislation.

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3rd September 1939: Second World War officially begins when France and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany alongside Australia and New Zealand

• 3rd September 2025
• Tagged as: Britain, Chamberlain, Churchill, France, Germany, Hitler, Invasion, Nazi, Poland, Second World War, War

German Nazi forces had invaded Poland two days earlier, claiming to be acting in self-defence following a ‘false flag’ operation.