1918:Revolution,Kaiserrefusedtoabdicate,demonstrationseverywhere.

9thNovember1918:SPDannouncedWeimarRepublic,EberttookoverasChancellor.

10thNovember1918:KaiserWilhelmfledintoexile.EbertsignedarmisticewithAllies.

January1919:Freeelectionswereheld,Ebertspartywonmajorityandhebecamepresident.

Early1919:CommunistSpartacistsLuxemburgandLiebknechtseizednewspaperinBerlin,
organizedgeneralstrike.Freikorpsputthemdown,bothweremurdered.

February1919:KurtEisnermurderedbypoliticalopponents.

May1919:EbertusedFreikorpstocrushtherevolt,600Communistskilled.

11thAugust1919:NewConstitutionsigned

March1920:KappPutschLikedKaisersrule,DrKapplead5000FreikorpsintoBerlin,army
refusedtofire,Germanpeopledeclaredgeneralstrike.Kappleftthecountryafterwards.

1921:TreatyofVersailles

January1923:Ruhroccupation,FrenchandBelgiansoldiersmarchedintotheRuhr,government
orderedpassiveresistance,Frenchkilledover100workers.

August1923:GustavStresemannbecamenewChancellor.

November1923:MunichPutsch,Nazistookoverofficialbuildings,policeroundedupNazis
andHitlerfailed.

1924:DawesPlanextendreparationdeadline,loans

1925:LocarnoPactwithBritain,France,BelgiumandItaly(promisednottoinvadeeaachother)

1926:GermanyjoinedLeagueofNations

1929:YoungPlanlowerreparationsfrom132000millionmarksto37000millionmarks.

1920s:GoldenageforartandcultureinBerlin

1919:HitlerjoinedGermanWorkersPartyleadbyAnthonyDrexler,wasputinchargeof
propagandaandpoliticalideasoftheParty.

1921:HitlerreplacesDrexler.SetupSAtoprotectmeetings,stirrednationalistpassions.

8thNovember1923:MunichPutsch

9thNovember1923:Policeforceshitback,16Naziskilled,Hitlerandotherleadersarrested.

19231928:Hitlerdecidedtousedemocraticmeansinsteadofviolence.Nazimembership
doubled,butNazisstillgotunder3%ofthevotesintheelection.

October1929:WallStreetCrashGreatDepression

1930:Reichstagrefusedtopassemergencylegislation,insteaddecidedtocutpublicspending
byreducingunemploymentbenefit.

19301932:DepressionweakenedWeimargovernment,supportforCommunistsdoubled,Nazi
seatsinReichstagwentfrom12to130seats.
Nazirisetopower:madeuseofpropaganda,promises,leadership,organisation,tookadvantage
ofDepression,fearofCommunism,weakoppositionandpolicialdeal.

July1932:Naziswon37%ofthevoteintheelections,largestpartyintheReichstag.

January1933:PapenpersuadedHindenburgtoletHitlerbeChancellor,Hindenburgagreed.
(theythoughttheycouldcontrolhimbutoops)

27thFebruary1933:Reichstagbuildingburneddown.

28thFebruary1933:EmergencyDecreeissuedbyHindenburg.Allowedpolicetoarrest
suspects,allowedHitlertotakeoverregionalgovernments.4000Communistsarrested.
Intheelection,theNaziswontheirlargestevershareofvotes.

23rdMarch1933:HitlerusedSSandSAtointimidateReichstagintopassingEnablingAct.
ItmadeHitleradictator.Followingtheelection,Communistshadbeenbanned.

2930June1933:NightoftheLongKnivesSSmenbrokeintohomesofRohmandotherSA
leaders.Rohmand400otherswereexecuted.

soonafter:Hindenburgdied.

2ndAugust1934:ArmysworeoathofloyaltytoHitler.

1935:Reintroducedconscription.

By1939:Birthratehadincreasedby45%.
Becauseofthewareffort,therewere1.2millionmorewomenworkingthantherehadbeenin
1933.

1936:HitlerYouthmadecompulsory.

1939:MajorityofGermanyouthweremembers.

November1938:KristallnachtyoungJewkilledGermandiplomatinParis,SStroopsrioted,
smashedJewishshopsandworkplaces,91Jewsmurdered,hundredsofsynagoguesburnedto
theground,20000Jewstakentoconcentrationcamps.

1943:WhiteRoseMovementledbyHansandSophieSchollinMunich.ExecutedforantiNazi
activities.

1944:EdelweissPiratesandNavajosganggotinvolvedinspreadingantiNazipropaganda,took
partinattackingGestapoofficer.

1944:ArmyofficerstriedtoblowupHitlerbutfailedandwereexecuted.