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1888
Kaiser Wilhelm II became emperor of Germany
1898
Navel Race: Germany begins to expand its navy to compete with Britain’s navy
1914
First World War begins
1918
November- Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates, the First World War ends
1919
January- Spartacus League revolt
June- Treaty of Versailles signed
August- Weimar Constitution is established
1920
January- American jazz music comes to Germany
February- Founding of the Nazi party
1922
March- foundation of the Hitler Youth
1923
January- French and Belgian troops invaded Germany industrial area of the Ruhr; hyperinflation makes money worthless
November- Munich Putsch
1924
August- Dawes Plan: US loans money to Germany
1925
January- Germany joins the League of Nations
February- Hindenburg becomes president
1929
February- Young Plan is proposed
October- Wall Street Crash, leading to the Great Depression
1930
The Depression takes hold in Germany
1933
Hitler is named Chancellor; after Hindenburg’s death in 1934, Hitler becomes Germany’s dictator
1934
June- Night of the Long Knives; Rohm is arrested and later shot
1936
August- Summer Olympics held in Berlin. Membership of the league of German Girls becomes compulsory
1937
Volkswagen car company is founded
1938
November- Kristalllnacht; Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues attacked
1939
September- Germany invades Poland; the Second World war begins
1942
January- Wannsee Conference; plan created for extermination of Europe’s Jews. Death camps are set up to German occupied areas
1945
April- Hitler commits suicide
May- surrender of Germany to allies in the Second World war
