Germany Flashcards
Franco-Prussian war
1870-1871
Wilhelm of Prussia declared emperor of Germany
January 18th 1871
Prussian army reformed
1850s
Denmark tries to claim Schleswig and Holstein
around 1840
brief war over the duchies between Germany and Denmark
1848
Treaty of London broken by Germans invading Duchies
1863
Wilhelm I king of Prussia dates
2nd Jan 1861 - 9th March 1888
Wilhelm I German Emporer dates
18th Jan 1871 - 9th March 1888
Germany united by Otto von Bismarck
1871
by ____ Germany was producing more iron and steel than Britain
1913
Kaiser Wilhelm dates as King of Prussia and German Emperor
1888-1918
The Moroccan Crisis
1904
Germany decides they want/need more colonies
1880s-90s
Armistice signed
11th Nov 1918
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates
9th Nov 1918
SPD wins first election in Germany, new government
January 1919
ToV signed
28th June 1919
Treaty of Saint Germain
10th Sept 1919
Treaty of Trianon
4th June 1920
Treaty of Neuilly
27th Nov 1919
Treaty of Sevres
10th Aug 1920
sparticists formed
1915
in ____ the main 3 parties had 77%
1919
on the _th of ____ ____, the main 3 parties only had 45% of seats
6th june 1920
Kapp successfully sieze Berlin
13th march 1920
Erzberger assassinated by orginisation consul
26th august 1921
French troops enter the Ruhr
11th jan 1923
Hitler joins the DAP
19th Sept 1919
SA formed
august 1921
Joseph Goebbels joins DAP
1922
Herman Goering joins DAP
1922
Rudolf Hess joins DAP
1920
Heinrich Himmler joins DAP
1925
Ernst Rohn joins DAP
founded DAP and SA
Beer hall Putsch
8th Nov 1923
Kahr and Lossow call off rebellion
4th Oct 1923
Hitler marches into Munich to take over
9th Nov 1923
Hitler’s trial
Feb 1924
The Dawes plan
1924
The Locarno Pact
1925
The Kellogg Briand Pact
1928
Germany joins LoN
1926
Spartacist revolt
Jan 1919
Working week changes from 1925 to 1927
1925 - 50 hour
1927 - 46 hour
Unemployment figures from 1926 - 1928
1926 - 2 million
1928 - 1.3 million
unemployment rate unstable from 1921 to 1929
1921 - 2%
1929 - 6.5%
The greater berlin act
1920
Albert Einstein wins nobel prize
1921
equal rights and suffrage granted to women
1919
Nazi HQ set up in Munich
1927
Hitler Youth set up
1926
Nazi membership increase from 50,000 to 120,000
1926-1929
SS formed
1925
wall sreet crash
29th oct 1929
The great depression
1929-1939
Hindenburg wins presidential election
march 1932
Hitler comes 2nd to Hindenburg
April 1932
Bruning resigns from chancellor
may 1932
reichstag elections - nazis become largest party
july 1932
von Papen calls reichstag elections in order to win majority
Nov 1932
Von papen resigns and von schliecher becomes chancellor
dec 1932
hitler appointed as chancellor, von papen as vice chancellor
jan 1933
reichstag fire
27th feb 1933
Dachau concentration camp for politcal prisoners opens
22nd march 1933
Hitler uses the SA to kill 70 people leading up to this
March 1933 elections
all politcal opposition outlawed
1934
night of the long knives
30 Jun 1934 – 2 Jul 1934
reich chancellor combined with reich president
2nd august 1934
trade unions banned
1934
the four year plan
1936-1940
all men 18-35 conscripted for 2 years
1935
nazis can sack any teacher they disapproved of
april 1933
by ____ 97% of teachers were in the nazi teachers association
1939
all textbooks after ____ had to be approved by nazis, mein kampf became a compulsory text
1935
Napolas (Nazi boarding schools) established
1933
catholic youth groups banned
1936
crucifixes banned
1934
ministry of church affairs set up to take control from catholics and protestants
1935
The concordat is signed between nazis and pope
july 1933
Reich church - mein kampf instead of bible, swastika instead of cross
july 1933
pope spoe out against nazis - 400 priests sent to concentration camps
1937
church schools closed, RE banned in schools
1939
German faith movement
1934
Niemoller sets up pastors emergency league
1934
Niemoller sent to concentration camp for 7 years
1937
Goebbels censors radio and takes over
1933
25000 books burnt
10th may 1933
nuremburg rally
1934
1600 newspapers shut down
1935
German civil service code
26th jan 1937
restoration of the professional civil service
7th april 1933
the people’s court created
april 1934
ministry of propaganda set up under goebbels
1933
70 concentration camps in ____
1933