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Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France.
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Warring nations sign an armistice to end fighting in World War I. The armistice comes into effect at 11.00am. The First World War left nine million soldiers dead and 21 million wounded.In addition, at least five million civilians died from disease, starvation, or exposure.
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Corporal Adolf Hitler is discharged from military hospital after recuperating from severe gas poisoning.
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The formation of the first unit of Freikorps. A militia comprised of ex-soldiers. This was near Hagen in western Germany
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Communist revolutionaries attempt to seize control of Berlin. But are defeated by Freikorps troops.
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The provisional German government relocates to the city of Weimar because of the violence in Berlin. There were many people killed.
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getting together of countries to solve problems peacefully
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signed by US, England & France; Germany was blamed for the war; Germany was forced to pay $30 billion for reparations & limit their military to 100,000 soldiers
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Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, or Nazi Party, grew into a mass movement and ruled Germany through totalitarian means from 1933 to 1945. Founded in 1919 as the German Workers’ Party, the group promoted German pride and anti-Semitism, and expressed dissatisfaction with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the 1919 peace settlement that ended World War I (1914-1918) and required Germany to make numerous concessions and reparations.
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Hitler is arrested for disturbing the peace. After gate-crashing a meeting of a rival political group.
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Hitler serves in prison for his disturbing the peace offence. He got out in a month.
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First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin.
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Nazi boycott of Jewish owned shops. They would paint jewsih stars over the windows and door so that no one would buy anything.
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Hitler stunned the world. He announced a nonaggression pact with his great enemy Joseph Stalin. He is the Soviet Dictator.
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First experimental use of gas chambers. This was a new way to kill. It could kill more poeple and was faster.
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Hitler declares war on the United States.
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Hitler takes complete control of the German Army.The German offensive against Moscow was proving to be a disaster. A perimeter had been established by the Soviets 200 miles from the city—and the Germans couldn’t break through. The harsh winter weather—with temperatures often dropping to 31 degrees below zero—had virtually frozen German tanks in their tracks.
