Chronicle of Adolf Hitler

Berlin surrendered to the Allied forces.

Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide in the Führerbunker as Soviet troops approached.

Hitler married Eva Braun in a small civil ceremony in the Führerbunker.

Hitler made his last trip from the Führerbunker to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.

US President Franklin D. Roosevelt died, which Hitler hoped would cause a rift among the Allies.

Hitler launched the Ardennes Offensive to incite disunity among the Western Allies.

The 20 July plot attempted to assassinate Hitler at the Wolf's Lair.

The Western Allied armies landed in northern France in Operation Overlord.

Hitler declared war against the United States.

Japan attacked the American fleet based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Britain and France declared war on Germany in response to the invasion of Poland.

Germany invaded Poland, marking the start of World War II.

Hitler ordered a military mobilisation against Poland.

The Munich Agreement was signed, handing over the Sudetenland districts to Germany.

Hitler announced the unification of Austria with Nazi Germany in the Anschluss.

Germany signed the Anti-Comintern Pact with Japan.

Mussolini declared an 'axis' between Germany and Italy.

Germany reoccupied the demilitarised zone in the Rhineland, violating the Versailles Treaty.

Hitler presented the Nuremberg Laws to the Reichstag, banning sexual relations and marriages between Aryans and Jews.

The Anglo-German Naval Agreement (AGNA) was signed, allowing German tonnage to increase to 35 per cent of that of the British navy.

The merger of the presidency with the chancellorship was approved by 88 per cent of the electorate voting in a plebiscite.

Paul von Hindenburg died, and Hitler succeeded him as head of state and government, becoming Führer und Reichskanzler.

The Night of the Long Knives began, during which Hitler purged the SA leadership and other political adversaries.

The Enabling Act was passed, giving Hitler's cabinet the power to enact laws without the consent of the Reichstag.

The new Reichstag was constituted with an opening ceremony at the Garrison Church in Potsdam, known as the 'Day of Potsdam'.

The Nazi Party's share of the vote increased to 43.9 per cent in the elections, and the party acquired the largest number of seats in parliament.

The Reichstag Fire Decree was signed by Hindenburg, suspending basic rights and allowing detention without trial.

The Reichstag building was set on fire, leading to the Reichstag Fire Decree and the suppression of opposition.

Hitler was appointed as the Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg.

Hitler was appointed as administrator for the state's delegation to the Reichsrat in Berlin, making him a citizen of Brunswick and thus of Germany.

Hitler gave a speech to the Industry Club in Düsseldorf, winning support from many of Germany's most powerful industrialists.

Hitler formally renounced his Austrian citizenship.

Hitler was released from prison after serving just over a year of his sentence.

Hitler was sentenced to five years' imprisonment at Landsberg Prison for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.

Hitler was arrested for high treason following the failed Beer Hall Putsch.

Hitler and the SA stormed a public meeting in the Bürgerbräukeller, marking the beginning of the Beer Hall Putsch.

Hitler was granted absolute power as party chairman by a vote of 533 to 1 at a special party congress.

Hitler rejoined the Nazi Party as its leader after the committee agreed to his conditions.

Hitler returned to Munich and tendered his resignation from the Nazi Party due to a mutiny within the party.

Hitler was discharged from the Army and began working full-time for the Nazi Party.

Hitler wrote his first known statement about the Jewish question in a letter to Adolf Gemlich.

Hitler attended a DAP meeting where he impressed Party Chairman Anton Drexler with his oratory skills.

Hitler was temporarily blinded in a mustard gas attack and was hospitalised in Pasewalk.

Hitler received the Black Wound Badge.

Hitler returned to his regiment after recovering from his wounds.

Hitler was wounded in the left thigh during the Battle of the Somme.

Hitler was present at the First Battle of Ypres.

Hitler journeyed to Salzburg for medical assessment after being conscripted into the Austro-Hungarian Army but was deemed unfit for service.

Klara Pölzl, Adolf Hitler's mother, died of breast cancer at the age of 47.

Alois Hitler, Adolf Hitler's father, died suddenly.

Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary. He was the fourth of six children born to Alois Hitler and his third wife, Klara Pölzl.