Germany and West Germany 1918-1989 key dates

Key dates from creation of a republic until the fall of East and West Germany (1918-1989)

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November 1918
An armistice was signed to end WW1, along with Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicating
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February 1919
The National Constituent Assembly was formed. The first meeting was held in Weimar, conducted by the President Friedrich Ebert
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July 1919
The left wing Spartacist uprising
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March 1920
The Right wing Kapp Putsch
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January 1923
Troops from France and Belgium invaded the Ruhr because Germany failed to repay reparations
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August 1923
Gustav Stresemann became the Chancellor, and became the Foreign Minister after this
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November 1923
- Introduced the Rentenmark, which led to the end if the inflation crisis
- Munich Beer Hall Putsch by the right wing
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April 1924
The Allies and Germany agreed on the Dawes Plan
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April 1925
General Hindenburg was elected as the new president in the presidental elections
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February 1929
Wall Street Crash occurs
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June 1929
The Allies and Germany agreed on the Young Plan
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March 1930
Heinrich Bruning was appointed Chancellor; he relied on President Hindenburg's use of emergency powers for legislation
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April 1932
Hindenburg beats Hitler in the presidential elections; Hindenburg secured another term
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July 1932
The Nazis became the largest party in the Reichstag
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January 1933
Hitler was appointed as the Chancellor
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February 1933
The Reichstag fire took place, supposedly by the Dutch Communist called Marinus Van der Lubbe
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March 1933
Elections were held, followed by the passing of the Enabling Act
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July 1933
All the political parties were disbanded except for the Nazi Party
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June 1934
The Night of the Long Knives
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July 1934
Schacht was appointed as the Minister of Economics
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September 1934
Schacht introduced the New Plan
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August 1934
Hindenburg passes away; Hitler declared himself the Fuhrer of Germany. The Nazis began to centralise the control of the education policy
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October 1936
Goering was implemented in charge of the Four Year Plan
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March 1938
- Anschluss was announced with Austria
- Membership of the Hitler Youth was now compulsory
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November 1938
Kristallnacht was carried out
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September 1939
Hitler decided to invade Poland, Britain and France decided to declare war on Germany as a response
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June 1941
Germany carried out an invasion of the USSR
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January 1942
The Wannsee Conference was carried by Heydrich. It was decided that the Jewish people needed to be eliminated by establishing death camps
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January 1943
Germany was defeated at Stalingrad
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May 1945
Germany was defeated in WW2, following Hitler's death
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June 1945
Yalta Conference
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November 1945
The Nuremberg trials began
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January 1947
- Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were both implemented
- Creation of Bizonia
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June 1948
- Berlin blockade led to airlifting beginning
- A currency reform led to the introduction of the Deutschmark
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May 1949
Formation of the FRG
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August 1949
- Konrad Adenauer of CDU/CSU was the first Chancellor pf FRG
- Ludwig Erhard appointed Economic minister
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October 1949
- GDR established
- Basic law states that men and women are equal
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1955
The FRG joins NATO
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1961
The Berlin Wall began to be constructed
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October 1963
Adenauer resigned, and was replaced by Ludwig Erhard
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December 1966
The Grand Coalition between the CDU/CSU with the SPD was headed by the former Nazi party member Kurt Kiesinger
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June 1967
The Stabilisation Law was passed and introduced
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October 1969
Willy Brandt of the SPD became the Chancellor
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1970
Violence escalated against the people, carried out by the Red Army Faction (RAF)
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September 1972
Terrorist attacks at the Munich Olympics
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May 1974
Brandt resigned, and was replaced by Helmut Schmidt
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October 1982
CDU/CSU/FDP coalition was established under Chancellor Helmut Kohl
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November 1989
The Berlin Wall opened
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October 1990
GDR is abolished, and when then formally reunited with the FRG
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December 1990
The First post war all- German election took place, returning Kohl as the Chancellor as the chancellor of a united Germany
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The National Constituent Assembly was formed. The first meeting was held in Weimar, conducted by the President Friedrich Ebert

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February 1919

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The left wing Spartacist uprising

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The Right wing Kapp Putsch

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Troops from France and Belgium invaded the Ruhr because Germany failed to repay reparations

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