Key Dates

Question 1

Kaiser Wilhelm II becomes kaiser of Germany

Answer 1

1888

Question 2

Germany starts naval race to compete with Britain

Answer 2

1898

Question 3

First world war starts

Answer 3

28th of July 1914

Question 4

Kaiser abdicates

Answer 4

9th November 1918

Question 5

Armistice signed (November criminals)

Answer 5

11th November 1918

Question 6

Spartacist Uprising

Answer 6

1. January 1919, Berlin
2. Led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxembourg
3. Killed by Freikorps sent by Ebert

Question 7

Treaty of Versailles signed

Answer 7

June 1919

Question 8

Weimar Constitution established

Answer 8

August 1919

Question 9

Hitler joins German Workers Party (DAP)

Answer 9

September 1919

Question 10

DAP changes name to NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers Party) - Nazis for short

Answer 10

February 1920

Question 11

Kapp Putsch

Answer 11

1. March 1920.
2. This was a right-wing revolt by Wolfgang Kapp supported by Freikorps.
3. They aimed to overthrow the Weimar government.

Question 12

Red Rising in the Ruhr

Answer 12

1. March 1920
2. After Kapp Putsch
3. Left-wing workers in the ruhr stayed on strike
4. Took over several towns “red rising”
5. Gov sent soldiers and Freikorps to deal with the
   rebellion
6. 1000 workers were killed

Question 13

Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi party

Answer 13

July 1921

Question 14

French and Belgian invasion of the Ruhr

Answer 14

January 1923

Question 15

Hyperinflation

Answer 15

November 1923

Question 16

Munich Putsch

Answer 16

1. November 1923,
2. Hitler tried to take advantage of the crisis facing the Weimar government by instigating a revolution in Munich.
3. Poor planning and misjudgment resulted in failure and the subsequent imprisonment of Adolf Hitler.

Question 17

Dawes Plan

Answer 17

1. August 1924
2. U.S. loaned Germany 800 million gold marks to pay reparations.

Question 18

Hitler writies “Mein Kampf” in prison.

Answer 18

1924

Question 19

Nazi Party ‘Lean Years’

Answer 19

1. 1924-1928
2. The period between 1924 and 1928 when the Nazi party did not have high levels of support and still suffered from humiliation over the Munich Putsch.

Question 20

Hindenburg becomes president of Germany

Answer 20

February 1925

Question 21

SS created (Hitler’s bodyguard)

Answer 21

April 1925

Question 22

Locarno Treaties Signed

Answer 22

1. December 1925
2. Reaffirmed Germany’s Western border
3. Ensured the permanent remilitarisation of the Rhineland
4. Sought to admit Germany into the League of Nations

Question 23

Hitler youth created

Answer 23

July 1926

Question 24

Germany joined the League of Nations

Answer 24

September 1926

Question 25

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Answer 25

1. August 1928 2. Germany was one of the 65 countries to sign this pact that outlawed war.

Question 26

Young Plan

Answer 26

1. February 1929 2. Reduced reparation debt from £6.6bn to £2bn 3. Gave Germany 59 years to pay

Question 27

Wallstreet Crash

Answer 27

October 1929

Question 28

Great Depression takes hold in Germany

Answer 28

1930

Question 29

6 million workers unemployed

Answer 29

1932

Question 30

Nazis win 230 seats (37%) in elections in the Reichstag

Answer 30

July 1932

Question 30

Hitler becomes chancellor

Answer 30

January 1933

Question 31

Reichstag Fire

Answer 31

February 1933

Question 32

Enabling Act

Answer 32

1. March 1933 2. Gave Hitler power for the next 4 years to make laws without the consent of the Reichstag.

Question 33

Hitler bans trade unions and all other parties.

Answer 33

May 1933

Question 34

First concentration camp built in Dachau

Answer 34

1933

Question 35

The KdF (Strength through joy) and SdA (Beauty of Labour) set up.

Answer 35

November 1933

Question 36

Jews banned from public spaces

Answer 36

1934

Question 37

Night of the Long Knives

Answer 37

30th June - 2nd July 1934

Question 38

Hindenburg died

Answer 38

August 1934

Question 39

Hitler merged the roles of Chancellor and President together to become Fuhrer of Germany

Answer 39

19th of August 1934

Question 40

Army swears oath of loyalty to Hitler

Answer 40

August 1934

Question 41

Nuremberg Laws

Answer 41

1. September 1935 2. laws defining the status of Jews and withdrawing citizenship from persons of non-German blood.

Question 42

The RAD (National Labour Service) is compulsory.

Answer 42

1935

Question 43

Jews banned from professions

Answer 43

1936

Question 44

Rearmament of Germany begins

Answer 44

March 1936

Question 45

Berlin hosts olympics

Answer 45

August 1936

Question 46

Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)

Answer 46

1. November 9 1938 2. Mass violence against Jews in Germany. 3. Symbolic beginning of Holocaust.

Question 47

July bomb plot

Answer 47

July 1944