Hitler's Rise to Power

  • Hitler joins the German military

    Hitler joined the German military
  • German navy mutinied and rebellion spread throughout the country

  • Germany was forced to resign from WW1 and sign the Armistice

  • A new government is agreed in Weimar and Fredrich Ebert is elected President

  • Germany sign the Treaty of Versailles

  • Hitler joins German Worker's Party after being sent to spy on them by the military

  • The German Worker's Party declare the 25-point programme and are renamed the National Socialist German worker's Party (Nazis)

  • Hitler becomes chairman of the NSDAP

  • Hitler stages the Beer Hall Putsch and forces Kahr, Lossow and Seisser at gunpoint to support him

  • The Nazi's march on Munich but are stopped. Hitler flees but is arrested two days later

  • hitler is pardoned from his 5 year sentence after 9 months in jail, having started Mein Kampf

  • Hitler regains control of the NSDAP

  • Hindenburg is elected President of Germany

  • Hitler publishes Mein Kampf

  • Hitler forms a personal bodygaurd known as SS

  • Reichstag votes show only 2.6% of votes to NSDAP

  • Wall Street Stock Market Crashes bringing Germany down with it

  • Brunig takes charge of Germany

  • Hitler begins to get support from industrialists

  • hitler comes second in the Presidental election

  • Hitler is offered vice-chancellor but he refuses as he only wanted Chancellor

  • papen persuades Hindenburg they can control Hitler, so he is appointed Chancellor with Papen as vice-chancellor

  • Papen resigns

  • Hindengurg dies. Hitler merges Chancellor and President and becomes Fuhrer.