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When was the treaty of Versailles signed
28 June 1919
What was the Spartacist Uprising?
- January 1919 in Berlin
- Aim to bring communist revolution
- Crushed easily by Reichswehr (army)
- Spartacist leader Rosa luxembourg died
What happened in the Kapp Putsch?
- on March 1920
- right wing groups
- because government planned to reduced Reichswehr (army) in size
- collapsed as trade unions declared a General Strike
- Led by Wolfgang Kapp
When did HYPERINFLATION start in Germany?
early 1923
Why and when did Belgium and France decided to send troops to the Ruhr?
- in January 1923
- as Germany failed to pay it’s reparations instalment
When did Gustav Stressemann became chancellor and what did he do?
Summer of 1923, introduced anew currency
When was the Dawes plan accepted then came into effect?
August 1924 and September 1924
What is the Young Plan and when?
- 1929
- reparations were lowered from 6600 million to 1850 million
What is the Kellog- Briand pact and when?
- 1928
- keep armies for ‘self defence’ and solve all disputes peacefully
What 3 thing did Stresemann do?
- In 1925, France withdrew from the Ruhr
- The allies agreed to the Dawe’s plan and the Young plan
- In 1927, Allied troops withdrew from the west bank of the Rhine, before the original schedule of 1933
When was the Munich Putsch?
8 November 1923
What happened in the Munich Putsch?
- On the night of 8 November 1923
- Hitler and stormtroopers burst into a meeting that KAHR and LOSSOW were holding at the local Beer Hall.
- Hitler forced them to agree to rebel - and then let them go home.
- The SA took over the army headquarters and the offices of the local newspaper.
- The next day, 9 November 1923, Hitler and his Nazis went into Munich on what they thought would be a triumphal march to take power.
- Kahr had called in police and army reinforcements.
- There was a short scuffle in which the police killed some Nazis
When was the Bamberg Conference
1926
When did the US stock market crash?
- October 1929
- -caused the Great depression
When did Hitler become chancellor of Germany?
30 January 1933
When was the enabling act?
March 1933
When did Hitler become Fuhrer?
-2nd August 1934
How did Jews lose their political rights?
1935 Nuremberg laws - Jews lost their citizenship, right to vote and hold government office
How did Jews lose their economic rights?
1933- banned from inheriting land
1938- Kristallnacht
How did Jews lose their social rights?
- 1934 - banned Jews from public spaces
- 1938-Jews had to carry identity cards, Jewish men had to add ‘Israel’ to their names, Jewish doctors were forbidden from treating aryans
What happened in Kristalnacht and when?
- 8 November 1938
- young polish Jew shot up a person in German embassy
- Goebbels used this to organise anti-Jewish demonstrations, attacks on Jewish property, shops, homes and synagogues
When were Jews moved into ghettos?
- April 1939- Jews were evicted from their homes and forced into designated Jewish accommodation called Ghettos
When did Goebbels set up the Ministry for Populart Enlighten and Propaganda
March 1934
When was the Disarmament conference?
1932
When was the attempted Anchluss?
-July 1934
When was the return of the Saarland?
-January 1935
When did Hitler announce he was rearming
March 1935
When and what happened after Hitler reoccupied the Rhineland?
7th March 1936
-no response from Britain or France due to the Abyssinian crisis (Italy invaded)
When was the Rome-Berlin axis?
October 1936
When was the Anti comintern pact?
November 1936
Italy joined November 1937
What events Sudetenland crisis ?
April 1938 - same thing as Austria but blamed it on Czech officials
- Chamberlain arranges meeting as Czechoslovakia is threatened
When and what happened at Munich conference?
- September 1938
- Britain ,France ,Germany and Italy decided to give Germany Sudetenland as long as he did not invade the rest of Czechoslovakia
When and what was the pact of steel?
- May 1939
- Mussolini and Hitler agreed to make a military alliance
When did Hitler invade Poland
September 1939
What happened in the Anschluss?
1936-37- Hitler encouraged the Nazi party in Austria to stir up trouble
-8 March 1938, Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg decided to hold a plebiscite to allow Austrians to vote on the future of the country
12 March 1938- Hitler threatened to invade Austria so Schuschnigg resigned and replaced by the leader of the Nazi party, leader of the Nazi party asked Hitler to send troops
13 March 1938 Anschluss was proclaimed
-April 1938- Austrians voted for Anschluss
