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March 14, 1938. Days after Nazi Germany annexed Austria, Churchill delivered a warning about German aggression.
September 15, 1938. On this date, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain met with Hitler at the German leader’s home in Berchtesgaden.
Adolf Hitler authorized the murder of people with disabilities sometime in autumn 1939 but backdated the order to the start of World War II.
March 5, 1946. On this date, Winston Churchill delivered his postwar “Iron Curtain” speech.
March 11, 1941. On this date, the Lend-Lease Act passed in Congress, allowing the United States to send material aid to the Allies prior to entering World War II.
September 17, 1945. On this date, the Belsen Trial began. Forty-five defendants were charged for crimes committed at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
October 5, 1938. On this date, Winston Churchill delivered a speech denouncing the Munich Agreement.
September 7, 1940. On this date, Germany initiated the Blitz, a bombing campaign against Britain.
September 30, 1938. On this date, Neville Chamberlain addressed the public after signing the Munich Agreement, proclaiming "I believe it is peace for our time."
August 18, 1939. On this date, German officials ordered the registration of infants and toddlers showing signs of mental or physical disabilities.
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