Adolf Hitler’s German military attacked Moscow.
The battle lasted until January 7, 1942, with over half a million Russians killed, missing, injured, or captured.
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President Hindenburg issued the Reichstag Fire Decree.
Adolf Hitler was freed from jail early.
Hitler gave his first speech as Chancellor explaining why Nazi power should rule.
In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeated Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
Adolf Hitler planned to invade Britain under the guise name 'Operation Sealion.'
