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Unification
ottovonbismark unites germany into one nation -
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German Kaiser rule
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Civil code enters
German civil code comes into effect. this code will last for the next centurey. This code of law will become the basis of many other civil codes incleding China and Japan -
Schleiffen plan
A plan is devised for the invasion of france in the event of future war -
World war 1
Begging of Waorld War 1. germany will eventually lose the war and lose their kaiser -
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World War 1
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Universal sufferage
end of the oral voting system and a 3 class voting system. instead of having this system that rewards the wealthy the entire populace INCLUDING women get the right to vote after age 20. -
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Weimer Republic
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War ends
Germany loses the war and must submit to the treay of versailles -
weimer republic
The first german republic is founded in 1919. -
General strike
many ingermany strike. begins the mindset of that the german government is weak and not effective. -
Beer Hall Putsch
failed atempt by Hitler to atempt to steal power from the government. Ultimatly fails -
Joins league of nations
Germany officialy joins the League. after joining they have the same rights as other nations in the League -
Reichstag fire
A fire occours in the german parliment buildings . Nazi's convince the public that the communists were responsible for the fire, this begins th e policy of the nazi's of blaming opponents for the failures and demonizing enemies such as jews, gypseys, and communists. -
Hitler
Hitler becomes Chancellor of germany begging of the Third Reich and will cause the people of germany to start one of the largest genocides known to man. -
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third reich
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Night of long Knives
durring this time the Nazi's killed off many of their political opponents. the German courts in an atempt to please the government made the killing of political opponents legal under the law. -
Death of Bismark
The presedent Bismark dies leaving the way for Hitler to become the Fuher and asume complete control of germany. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht, also to referred to as the Night of Broken Glass, and also Reichskristallnacht, Pogromnacht, and Novemberpogrome, where jewish home were attacked by germans. Jewish homes were ransacked, as were shops, towns and villages, as SA Stormtroopers ransaked homes. over 100 synogauges were destroyed as well as many shops and jewish homes. -
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World War 2
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Holocaust
the final solutionh of systematically eliminating all jews an unwanteds in germaany's society begins. over the course of the next 3 years 11 million people will be killed in various concentration camps. -
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Cold War
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Seperationof germany
The german nation is split in to 2 different nation the federal republic of germany (West Germany) and the German democratic Republic (east germany). these parts of germany will be seperate and families will remain apart for the next 40 years. -
Berlin Wall
This dividing war completly seperates east germany from west germanymaking travell between the 2 nigh impossible. this wall eventually came to symbolize the differnce between the 2 sides. -
Fall of the berlin Wall
The berlin wall finally falls down paving the way for east and west germany to rejoin each other after over 30 years of seperation.
