Important dates

Question 1

When did Germany unify?

Answer 1

1871

Question 2

When did Kaiser Wilhelm II become German Emperor?

Answer 2

1888

Question 3

When did a naval race begin between Germany and Britain?

Answer 3

1898

Question 4

When did World War I begin?

Answer 4

1914

Question 5

When did Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicate?

Answer 5

November 1918

Question 6

When did World War I end?

Answer 6

November 1918

Question 7

When was the Spartacus League revolt?

Answer 7

January 1919

Question 8

When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

Answer 8

June 1919

Question 9

When was the Weimar Constitution established?

Answer 9

August 1919

Question 10

When did American jazz music come to Germany?

Answer 10

January 1920

Question 11

When was the Nazi Party founded?

Answer 11

February 1920

Question 12

When was the Kapp Putsch?

Answer 12

March 1920

Question 13

When was the Hitler Youth founded?

Answer 13

March 1922

Question 14

When did French and Belgian troops invade the German industrial area of the Ruhr?

Answer 14

January 1923

Question 15

When was the Munich Putsch?

Answer 15

November 1923

Question 16

When did the Dawes Plan, for the USA to loan money to Germany, occur?

Answer 16

August 1924

Question 17

When did Hindenburg become President?

Answer 17

February 1925

Question 18

When did Germany join the League of Nations?

Answer 18

January 1926

Question 19

When was the Young Plan proposed?

Answer 19

February 1929

Question 20

When did the Wall Street Crash occur?

Answer 20

October 1929

Question 21

When did the Depression take hold in Germany?

Answer 21

1930

Question 22

When was Hitler named Chancellor?

Answer 22

1933

Question 23

When did Hitler fully become dictator?

Answer 23

1934

Question 24

When did the Night of the Long Knives occur?

Answer 24

June 1934

Question 25

When were the Summer Olympics held in Berlin?

Answer 25

August 1936

Question 26

When did membership in the League of German Girls become compulsory?

Answer 26

1936

Question 27

When was Volkswagen car company formed?

Answer 27

1937

Question 28

When did Kristallnacht occur?

Answer 28

November 1938

Question 29

When did World War II begin?

Answer 29

September 1939

Question 30

When was the Wannsee Conference?

Answer 30

January 1942

Question 31

When were death camps set up in German-occupied areas?

Answer 31

1942

Question 32

When did Hitler commit suicide?

Answer 32

April 1945

Question 33

When did Germany surrender to the Allies in World War II?

Answer 33

May 1945