History Germany: The Development of Germany, 1919 - 91
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Updated: 7 Jun 2018
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1919 - June , 28th
- Treaty Of Versailles signed1918 - November , 9th
- Kaiser (Wilhelm II)
forced to abdicate
and Germany left
without a leader
- Weimar Republic set
up by the Allies. It
was a first time
democracy was used
in Germany.1919 - September , 12th
- Hitler joins the DAP party
- The DAP party eventually
becomes the NSDP party
(Nazi Party)
- Hitler eventually becomes
the leader1923 - Invasion of the Ruhr
- Germany could no longer
pay reparations so France
invaded the industrial part
of Germany
- Ruhr workers go on strike
, this worsened Germanys
economy
- Government printed more
money and became
worthless.
- Start of hyperinflation1923 - November , 8th -
1923 - November , 9th
- Munich Putsch
- A failed coup attempt
by the Nazi Party by
Adolf Hitler along with
Ludendorff
- Attemped seize at
power1924
- Hitler thrown in jail
for his actions during
the Munich Putsch
- Time where he wrote
Mein Kampf
- Only served 10 months
in prison
- Was allowed to broadcast
Nazi views in prison and
becomes widespread1925 - April , 4th
- SS Established
- Initially Hitlers
bodyguard but
became party
militia1920
- SA established
- Party Militia1930
- Nazis gain 18.3& of the vote
- Become second largest party1932
- Nazi gain 37.4% of the vote.
- Become largest party
- But Hitler failed in becoming
President1933 - January , 30th
- Hitler becomes chancellor
- Appoited by President Hindenburg
- Hindenburg had no option as Von
Papen and Von Schelicher only lasted
2 and 6 months.
Von Papen becomes vice-chancellor1933 - February , 27th
- Reichstag Fire
- Reichstag building is set on fire
and communist Van der Lubbe is
caught red-handed and communists
were banned from the elections1933 - March , 5th
- General Election
- Nazis get 44% of vote1933 - March , 23rd
- Enabling Act in place
- Allows Hitler the right
to make his own laws
- But Hindenburg still
opposes Hitler1934 - June , 30th
- Night of the Long Knives
- Hitler murders 400 SA
members, including
Rohm along with other
political opponents
- Hitler got the support of
the army ( very influenctial)1934 - August , 19th
- Hindenburg dies
- Hitler becomes
Fuhrer1926 - July , 4th
- Hitler Youth Introduced1933 - March , 22nd
- First camp opened in
Dachhau.
- First used for re -education
(Political Dissidants) and
they could be released
- Was quite vilent1935 - February , 26th
- Luftwaffe, German Airforce
established1935 - September , 15th
- Nuremberg Laws
introduced
- Took away Jewish rights
of citizenship1936 - March , 7th
- Re-occupation of
the Rhineland
- Troops sent into
the Rhineland1937
- Germany needed women
workers
- Introduced a compulsory
'duty year'1939 - October
- T4 program begins
- 275,000 German
people killed after
being deemed
'incurably sick'1938 - November , 3rd
- Kristallnacht
- 20,000 Jews sent
to camps and 100
killed.
- Goebbels was
behind it1939 - May , 21st
- Cross of Honour of
the German Mother
introduced
- Encouraged women
to have more babies1937
- Nazis needed
women workers
- Introduced the
compulsory
'duty year'1940 - May , 20th
- Auchwitz opens1941
- Einstazgruppen
start to operate
- Killings squads
sent to kill Jews1941 - July , 3rd
- Wannse Conference
- Discussions to decide
the 'Final Solution'1945 - January
- Death Marches
- Prisoners forced to
march back to Gy1945 - May , 7th
- Gy Surrender1941 - June
- Operation Barbarossa
- Invasion of USSR
- Gy fighting on 2 fronts1948 - 1949
- Berlin Blockade
- USSR blocked the
Allies' railway, road
and canal access to
the sectors of Berlin
under Western Control1948 - 1949
-U.S. and its allies decided
to supply their sectors of the
city from the air.1961 - August , 13th
- Berlin Wall Built1948 - June
- Marshall Plan
- US to give $13bn
to help European
countries to rebuild after
WW2
- Used in hope to prevent
communism from spreading1947
-Bizonia
- Combination
of US, UK & France
zones of Germany1949 - June , 35th
- NATO formed1955
- Warsaw Pact
- Pact allying
communist
countries1989 - November , 9th
- Fall of the Berlin WallGREEN = HOW HITLER
CAME TO POWER1922
Locarno Treaties:
- They guaranteed Germans
frontiers with France and Belgium1926
- Stressemann took Germany
into the league of Nations1929 -
-Stresseman agreed the Young
Plan on the issue of reparations
- As a result Allied occupation
forces were withdrawn from
the Rhineland area of a GermanyPeriods
1919 - 1933
- Weimar Republic in Power1933 - 1945
- Nazi Party in Power1939 - 1945
- World War II1945 - 1989
- Division of East and West Germany
- Cold War1989 - 1991
- Reunification1938 - 1940
- Ghettoisation
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