germany timeline - 1888-1945

1888

kaiser wilhelm II becomes emperor of germany

1898

naval race: germany begins to expand its navy to compete with britains navy

1914

ww1 begins

november 1918

kaiser wilhelm II abdictates and ww1 ends

january 1919

spartacus league revolts

june 1919

treaty of versailles is signed

august 1919

weimar constitution is established

january 1920

american jazz music comes to germany

february 1920

founding of the nazi party

march 1920

kapp putsch

march 1922

founding of the hitler youth

january 1923

french and belgian troops invade german industrial area of the ruhr. hyperinflation makes money worthless

november 1923

munich putsch

1924

gustav stresemann becomes foreign minister

august 1924

dawes plan: us loans money to germany

february 1925

hindenburg is elected as president

january 1926

germany joins the league of nations

february 1929

young plan is proposed

october 1929

wall street crash, leading to the great depression

1930

the depression takes hold in germany

1933

hitler is named chancellor

1934

after hindenburgs death in 1934, hitler becomes germanys dictator

june 1934

night of the long knives; rohm is arrested and later shot

august 1936

summer olympics are held in berlin. membership of the league of german girls becomes compulsory

1937

volswagen car company is formed

november 1938

kristallnacht: jewish homes, businesses and synagogues are attacked

september 1939

germany invades poland: ww2 begins

january 1942

wannsee conference: plan created for extermination of europe’s jews. death camps are set up in german-occupied areas.

april 1945

hitler commits suicide

may 1945

surrender of germany to allies in the second world war