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The end of WW1
Germany had surrendered and all nations agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated, leading to the treaty of Versailles. -
The Treaty of Versailles was signed
The victorious nations met at the Paris Peace Conference in France to formulate a plan to rebuild Europe. -
The beginning of the 'Roaring Twenties'
The 1920’s were a time of large prosperity especially in the UK, the USA, France and Australia, despite Germany’s economic challenges, -
The Nazi Party was founded
The National Socialist German Workers' Party, was a political party in Germany that was active between 1920 and 1945. The Nazi party stood for National Socialism, more commonly known as Nazism. -
The beginning of The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression, beginning in the United States. -
Enabling Act was passed
The Enabling Act of 1933 was a law that gave the German Cabinet, as well as the Chancellor, the power to enact laws without the involvement of the Reichstag -
Hitler appointed as Chancellor
President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or führer of the Nazi Party, Chancellor of Germany. -
Rearmament of Germany
Hitler announced that he would rearm Germany, violating the Treaty of Versailles. He also announced that Germany began to construct an air force, as well as plans to reinstitute conscription -
Unification of Germany with Austria (Anschluss)
It was thought that Anschluss would create a "Greater Germany". The Anschluss began after the unification of Germany excluded Austria and German-Austrians from the Prussian-dominated German Empire in 1871 -
Occupation of Sudetenland
Sudetenland is the name for the northern, southern and western regions of Czechoslovakia which had been invaded and occupied by Germany from the 1st to the 10th of October, 1938. -
Germany invades Czechoslovakia
On March 15, 1939, Germany invaded and occupied Bohemia and Moravia, in violation of the Munich Pact. The Munich Pact was an agreement between Britain and Germany where Germany was allowed to take over parts of Czechoslovakia where German-speakers lived. -
Germany invades Poland
To justify their invasion of Poland, Germany falsely claimed that Poland, along with their Great British and French allies, had been planning to dismember Germany as well as prosecuting Germans
