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Alsace-Lorraine
They were the two bits of land that Franc lost to Germany. -
Dual Alliance
It was a defensive alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary. The would help each other in case of a Russian attack. It was one of the more surprising alliances of this time. -
Triple Alliance
Italy joined Germany and Austro-Hungary, and it lasted from 1882 to 1914, the start of the World War I. They promised to help each other in case of an attack obyany of the other great powers. -
Arms Race
Between Germany and Britain.
Germany built 40 battleships and cruisers, in order to have a bigger navy and become a major world power. -
Civil law code comes into effect
The BGB or Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (Civil law code) served as a template for the regulations of several other civil law jurisdictions, including Portugal, Estonia, Latvia, the Republic of China, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, People's Republic of China, Greece and Ukraine. -
Schlieffen Plan
General Staff devises the Schlieffen Plan to win a future war against France by a quick sweep around Paris through Belgium before the Russians were ready, the turn back to fight the Russian Army. It took 9 years to devise this plan. It didn't work because Belgium refused, Britain declared war on Germany and Russia was ready for war more quickly than the Germans expected. -
German Dreadnought
Germany build its own version of Britain's previous one.
In 1914 Britain had 29 Dreadnoughts and Germany had 17. -
The Agadir Crisis
also called the Second Moroccan Crisis, or the Panthersprung. It was the international tension sparked by French troops in the interior of Morocco. France thus broke both with the Act of Algeciras (that ended the first Moroccan crisis) and the Franco-German Accord of 1909. Germany reacted by sending the gunboat Panther to the Moroccan port of Agadir. -
Germany declares war on Russia
Germany, an ally of Austria-Hungary, declares war on Russia and demands the neutrality of Russia's ally France; France refuses and mobilises. -
Germany declares war on France
Germany declares war on France; Britain sends ultimatum to Germany to respect Belgian neutrality. -
Britain declares war on Germany
No satisfactory response is received from Germany. Britain declares war.
Germany invades Belgium this day too. -
Battle of Verdun
was one of the major battles during the First World War on the Western Front. It was fought between the German and French armies.It ended with a French tactical victory since, by December 1916, they had recaptured most of the lost ground including the centerpiece of Verdun's defensive system: Fort Douaumont. -
Battle of the Somme
It took place during the First World War between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on either side of the river Somme in France. The battle saw the British Expeditionary Force and the French Army mount a joint offensive against the German Army, which had occupied a large part of the north of France since its invasion of the country in August 1914. The forces involved had suffered more than 1 million casualties, making it one of the bloodiest military operations ever recorded. -
Brest-Litovsk
The Bolshevik leaders of Russia signed this treaty with Germany. This treaty made Germany step up the occidental front with oriental effectives. -
Weimar Republic
It was the political regime and, by extension, the historical period that took place in Germany after its defeat at the end of the First World War and lasted between 1919 and 1933. -
Treaty of Versailles
It was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. One of the most important and controversial provisions of the treaty required Germany to accept responsibility for causing the war. -
Treaty of Rapallo
was an agreement signed at the Hotel Imperiale in the Italian town of Rapallo on 16 April, 1922 between Germany and Russia under which each renounced all territorial and financial claims against the other following the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and World War I. -
Dawes Plan
A plan to ensure payments of reparations by Germany after World War I, devised by an international committee headed by Charles Gates Dawes and put into effect in 1924. -
League of Nations (Germany joins)
It was created by the Paris Peace Conference in April, 1919. In 1926, Germany joined the League demonstrating its move out of economic depression and toward normal diplomatic status. Gustav Stresemann made the first speech by a German representative as Germany became a member of the League. Germany’s admission was a victory for Stresemann and the Republic, and a step on the road to overcoming defeat in World War I, and becoming once again a respected member of the world community. -
Young Plan
Reduced reparations by 75% gave Germany 59 years yo pay after Wolrd War I. -
Night of the Long Knives
The Nazi regimen carried out political murders. Hitler used the purge to attack or eliminate critics of his regime, especially against those who were loyal to Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen, and to avenge his enemies. At least 85 people died that night. -
Re-armament
The German rearmament was when Hitler 'rearmed' his men, and made 30,000 troops, and built some warships, and several thousand guns. The British did nothing to stop this, and the French would not act without the British.
