Key dates Flashcards
Kaiser Wilhelm II becomes Emperor of Germany
1888
Naval race: Germany begins to expand its navy to compete with Britain’s navy
1898
WW1 begins
1914
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates
1918
WW1 ends
1918
Spartacus League revolt
1919
Treaty of Versailles is signed
1919
Weimar constitution is established
1919
American jazz music comes to Germany
1920
Founding of the Nazi Party
1920
Kapp Putsch
1920
Foundation of the Hitler Youth
1922
French and Belgian troops invade the Ruhr
1923
Hyperinflation crisis
1923
Munich Putsch
1923
Stresemann becomes Foreign Minister
1924
Dawes Plan: US loans money to Germany
1924
Hindenburg becomes president
1925
Germany joins League of Nations
1926
Young Plan is proposed
1929
Wall Street Crash, leading to the Great Depression
1929
The Depression takes hold in Germany
1930
Hitler is named Chancellor
1933
Hindenburg dies and Hitler becomes Germany’s dictator
1934
Night of the Long Knives
1934
Summer Olympics held in Berlin
1936
Volkswagen car company is founded
1937
Kristallnacht: Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues attacked
1938
Germany invades Poland, WW2 begins
1939
Wannsee conference: plan created for extermination of Europe’s Jews
1942
Death camps are set up in German-occupied areas
1942
Hitler commits suicide
1945
Surrender of Germany to Allies in WW2
1945
Red Rising in the Ruhr
1920