Germany 1890 - 1945 - timeline Flashcards
1888
Kaiser Wilhelm II becomes Emperor of Germany
1898
Naval race: Germany begins to expand its navy to compete with Britain’s navy
1914
First World War begins
November 1918
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates; the First World War ends
January 1919
Spartacus League revolt
June 1919
Treaty of Versailles is signed
August 1919
Weimar Constitution is established
January 1920
American jazz music comes to Germany
February 1920
Founding of Nazi Party
March 1920
Kapp Putsch
March 1922
Foundation of Hitler Youth
January 1923
French and Belgian troops invade German industrial area of the Ruhr
January 1923
Hyperinflation makes money worthless
November 1923
Munich Putsch
August 1924
Dawes Plan; US loans money to Germany
February 1925
Hindenburg becomes President
January 1926
Germany joins League of Nations
February 1929
Young Plan is proposed
October 1929
Wall Street Crash, leading to the Great Depression
1930
The Depression takes hold in Germany
1933
Hitler is named Chancellor; after Hindenburg’s death in 1934, Hitler becomes Germany’s dictator
June 1934
Night of the Long Knives; Rohm is arrested and later shot
August 1936
Summer Olympics held in Berlin
August 1936
Membership of the League of German Girls becomes compulsory
1937
Volkswagen car company is formed
November 1938
Kristallnacht: Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues attacked
September 1939
Germany invades Poland: the Second World War begins
January 1942
Wannsee Conference: plan created for extermination of Europe’s Jews
January 1942
Death camps are set up in German-occupied areas
April 1945
Hitler commits suicide
May 1945
Surrender of Germany to Allies in the Second World War
