Events
As Germany slides to defeat in World War One, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates and flees to the NetherlandsThe new Weimar government is forced to sign the hated Treaty of Versailles on June 28Reparations, or war fines, are set and Germany is forced to pay 132 milliard gold marks to the allies.Under the terms of Dawes plan, The U.S rescues the Germany economy by lending it over 800 million gold marks.Germany joins the league of Nations, an International peacekeeping organization.The Nazi party gets 2.6 percent of the vote in the May election and faces imminent extinction.Gustav Stresemann, the Weimar Republic's most able politician dies on October 3rdA moratorium is placed on german reparations, and no further payments are made.The nazi party becomes Germany's largest party by winning 37.4 percent of the vote in july election.Adolf Hitler is appointed German Chancellor on January 30th and the era of Weimar republic comes to a close.
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