Germany 1890-1945: Dates and events

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when did Kaiser Wilhelm II becomes Emperor of Germany?
1888
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What happened in 1898?
Naval Race: Germany begins to expand its navy to compete with Britain's navy
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When did the First World War begin?
1914
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November 1918
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates, and First World War ends
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What happened in 1919
January- Spartacus League revolt, June-Treaty Of Versailles, August-Weimar Constitution is established
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1920
January- American Jazz music comes to Germany, January- Founding of the Nazi Party, March- Kapp Putsch
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1922
March - Foundation Of Hitler Youth
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1923
January- French and Belgian troops invade German industrial area of the Ruhr, Hyperinflation makes money worthless, November- Munich Putsch
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1924
Gustav Stresemann becomes Foreign Minister, August- Dawes Plan: US loans money to Germany
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1925
February- Hindenburg becomes President
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1926
January- Germany joins League of Nations
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1929
February- Young Plan is proposed, October- Wall Street Crash, leading to the Great Depression
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1930
The Depression takes hold in Germany
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1933
Hitler is Chancellor; after Hindenburg's death in 1934, Hitler becomes Germany's dictator
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1934
June- Night of the Long Knives; Rohn is arrested and later shot
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1936
August- Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Membership of the League of German Girls becomes compulsory
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1937
Volkswagon car company is formed
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1938
Novemeber- Kristallnacht: Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues attacked
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1939
September- Germany invades Poland: the second World war begins
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1942
January- Wannsee Conference: plan created for extermination of Europe's Jews, Death camps are set up in German-occupied areas
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1945
April- Hitler commits suicide, May- Surrender of Germany to Allies in the Second Worl War
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