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WW1 Starts
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Killed -
Weimar Representative Setup
-Keiser Abdicates -
War ends
WW1 Ends -
Spartacus revolution
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DAP formed
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Paris peace conference
-Germany not invited.
-Deciding of ToV
-Big three - Woodrow Wilson- George Clemenceau- David Lloyd George -
Treaty of Versailles
-It is a Diktat Germany forced to sign for war guilt -
It was decided Germany would pay reparations -
Limited Military, 6 ships/100'000 men/no air force -
Anschluss - No combination with Austria
Loss of land - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/German_territorial_losses_1919_and_1945.svg/500px-German_territorial_losses_1919_and_1945.svg.png -
Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Post WW1 treaty for Austria -
Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine
Post WW1 treaty for Bulgaria -
Weimar Official Setup
Edgar first President -
League of Nations Setup
-Germany not allowed to join -
DAP name changed to NSDAP (NAZI for short)
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Freikorp Uprising
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Hitler joins DAP
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Treaty of Trianon
Post WW1 treaty for Hungary -
Treaty of Sèvres
Post WW1 treaty for Turkey -
Hitler takes lead of NSDAP
Hitler becomes the leader of the NAZI party and points himself the title 'Führer' -
Ruhr Crisis
France invades Germany's industrial heart, taking it to pay for the reparations that Germany could not pay. -
Stresmann becomes Chancellor
New deals are made to improve economic conditions meaning a reduced support for the NAZIs
Introduces Rentenmark -
Munich Putsch
Hitler's first attempt at revolution/failed.
Publicity causes an increase in awareness for the party, increasing support. -
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Locarno Pact
Germany guarantees it wouldn't go to war to Regain its territories. -
Germany Joins LoN
Has proven it is a peaceful state as part of the Locarno Pact -
Start of the great depression
Massive increase in NAZI support. -
NAZI party gets 18.3% of votes
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Japan's South Manchuria Railway Blown up
A small quantity of dynamite is detonated on a railway line owned by Japan's South Manchuria Railway near Mukden. -
NAZI party gets 37.4% of votes
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Hitler appointed Chancellor
Hitler Finally appointed chancellor by Hindenburg after a line of failed chancellors. -
NAZI foreign policy.
Hitler defined the Nazi party foreign policy. The prime goal was to secure lebensraum (living space) for the German master race. -
Reichstag Fire
The Reichstag Fire. A fire which broke out at the Reichstag building was blamed on the Communist Party (KPD). As a result the KPD, which was the second largest party in Germany, was banned. The banning of the Communist party gave the Nazis a clear majority in government. -
March 1933 withdrawal from the League of Nations.[6]
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Communist party banned + reelection
With the Communist party banned Hitler ordered a new election at which the Nazi party gained 44% of the General election vote. -
Enabling Act signed
Enabling Act gave Hitler power to make laws without consulting the Reichstag for a period of four years -
Trade Unions were banned
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All political parties except the Nazis were banned
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Germany withdrew from the League of Nations
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Night of the long Knives
The Night of the Long Knives – 150 leaders of the Stormtroopers SA were executed. Many members of the SA were committed socialists and demanded that Nazi policy embrace socialist aims. This was not a direction the Nazis wished to follow so the SA were eliminated.
This was a the organisation was acting against Hitler's wishes. -
Death of Hindenburg
President Hindenburg died. Hitler combined the post of President and Chancellor and called himself Fuhrer. -
Hitler's speech to woman
In a speech to the National Socialist Women’s Organization, Hitler defined women’s role stating that a woman’s ” world is her husband, her family, her children, and her home.” -
Rearmament of the airforce
Hitler ordered Hermann Goering to establish the Luftwaffe, German airforce, in defiance of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles -
Rearmament or the Army
Hitler publicly announced that the German Army was to be expanded. Conscription was introduced. -
Nuremberg Laws
Nuremburg Laws defined German citizenship. Relationships between Jews and Aryans were banned.
"Laws for the protection of german blood." -
Remilitarisation of Rhineland
Re-occupation of the Rhineland. In contravention of the terms of the Versailles Treaty, Hitler sent German troops to re-occupy the Rhineland. -
Berlin Olympics began.
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Hitler Youth
Law concerning the Hitler Youth made membership of the Hitler Youth compulsory for all boys -
Anschluss
Anschluss with Austria. Hitler made a triumphant entry into Vienna -
Munich Agreement
Munich Agreement – Allies agreed that Germany could have the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia in return for peace -
Kristallnacht
Jewish shops and synagogues were destroyed. Following the event the Jewish population was fined for the destruction. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Hitler invaded and occupied Czechoslovakia in contravention of the Munich Agreement -
Invasion of Poland
Hitler invaded Poland using Blitzkrieg (lightning war) tactics. Although the Poles fought back they were quickly defeated and Poland was occupied. -
Britain and France declared war on Germany
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Final Solution to the Jewish question
Wannsee Conference approved plans for the ‘Final Solution’. -
D-Day
Operation Overlord, D-Day. Allied invasion of Normandy -
Yalta Conference
The "Big Three" where at the Yalta Conference, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin.
Yalta had the purpose of discussing Germany and Europe's postwar reorganisation. -
Hitler committed suicide
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Korea is divided into two.
After World War II, Korea is divided into communist North Korea and anti-communist South Korea at a spot called the 38th parallel. Russia controls North Korea and the U.S. controls South Korea. -
Harry Truman promises to fight Communism.
President Harry Truman gives a speech and says that that the U.S. will help any country that is threatened by communism. The speech is called the Truman Doctrine. -
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Nuremburg war crimes trial began
