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The Armistice was signed
5:00 in the morning of the 11th of November, 1918, the Armistice was signed. It was signed inside a parked railroad car placed in a Front forest, close to the front lines. -
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Germany: 11 Nov 1918 - 31 Dec 1945
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The Spartacist Revolt
Info - History Booklet -
Murder of Karl Liebkneckt and Rosa Luxemburg
Karl Liebkneckt and Rosa Luxemburg were the founders of the Spartacists. They were killed by the Horse Guard Division of the Army/the Freikorps. -
'Treaty of Versailles' is signed
info - history booklet -
Weimar Constitution ratified
info - history booklet -
Munich Putsch
Also called the Beer Hall Putsch
info - www.historylearningsite.co.uk/beer_hall_putsch_of_1923.htm -
Gustav Stresemann became the German Foreign Minister
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First volume of Mein Kampf is Published
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The First Volume of the 'Mein Kampf' is published
The First Volume is called Eine Abrechnung ("A reckoning") -
Great Depression Follows Wall Street Crash
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Reichstag Elections: Nazis become largest party in Reichstag
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Emergency Decree limits Civil Rights
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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The Enabling Act. Hitler and his Cabinet gain Legislative powers (power to make and change laws)
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The Night of Long Knives. Ernst Rohm, leader of the SA, and other leading Nazis are assassinated under orders from Hitler
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German forces attack Poland resulting in Britain declaring war on Germany
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Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun
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Adolf and Eva Hitler commit suicide
