Germany Key Dates

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gcse History (Germany) Flashcards on Germany Key Dates, created by k m on 13/03/2014.
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What happened in November 1918?? Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated and the Weimar republic was declared
When was the Spartacist Uprising?? January 1919
When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?? June 1919
What happened in March 1920?? The Kapp Putsch
When did Adolf Hitler become leader of the Nazi Party?? July 1921
Which events took place in January 1923?? The Occupation of the Ruhr, passive resistance, hyperinflation
When did Stresemann become chancellor?? August 1923
What key events took place in November 1923?? The Munich Putsch, the introduction of Rentenmark
Which years were the Golden Years of Weimar?? 1924-1929
When did Hitler's trial for his part in the Munich Putsch begin?? February 1924
When was the Dawes plan?? September 1924
When was the SS formed?? April 1925
What happened in December 1925?? The Locarno Pact was signed
When did Germany join the League of Nations?? September 1926
What happened in May 1928?? Nazis won only 12 seats in Reichstag elections
When was the Kellog-Briand Pact signed?? August 1928
When was the Young plan?? August 1929
Which two key things happened in October 1929?? The death of Stresemann, the Wall Street crash
In which years was the Great Depression?? 1930-1932
What happened in September 1930?? Nazi party gained 18.3% of the vote in the Reichstag elections & became the second largest party
What happened in July 1932?? Unemployment reached 6 million, Nazis won 230 seats in Reichstag elections & became biggest party
On what date did President Hindenburg appoint Hitler chancellor?? 30th January 1933
What two important things happened in February 1933?? The Reichstag Fire, Hindenburg granted Hitler The Emergency Decree
What happened in March 1933?? Hitler ordered new election, Enabling Act, Nazis closed down state parliaments, 1st concentration camp set up, boycott of Jewish shops
When were the Gestapo formed?? April 1933
What happened in May 1933?? Trade Unions were banned, burning of 25,000 books
What happened in July 1933?? All political parties except for the Nazis were banned
What happened in September 1933?? The Reich Concordat
When was the Night of the Long Knives?? June 1934
When was the New Plan?? 1934-1937
When did Hitler become Fuhrer?? August 1934
What happened in March 1935?? Hitler publicly announced German Army was to be expanded, conscription was introduced
When were relationships between Jews and Aryans banned?? September 1935
When was The Four Year Plan introduced?? 1936
When did the Berlin Olympics begin?? August 1936
What happened in December 1936?? Membership of Hitler Youth made compulsary for all boys
What two events occured in 1937?? Catholic groups were made illegal, Martin Neimoller was arrested
In what year was the Volkswagen scheme introduced?? 1938
When was Kristallnacht?? November 1938
What happened in 1939?? The setting up of ghettos for Jews
When did Britain and France declare war on Germany?? September 1939
What happened in January 1942?? The Wannsee Conference approved plans for the 'Final Solution' (Holocaust)
What happened in February 1943?? Hans and Sophie Scholl (White Rose Group) were arrested + executed
When was the July Bomb Plot?? July 1944
When did Hitler commit suicide?? April 1945
What happened in May 1945?? Germany surrendered, ending the war in Europe
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