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During the early 13th century, the Reims Cathedral in France, the place where all the kings were to be crowned, burned down. It quickly got rebuilt with a gothic theme and is now one of the standard examples of Gothic Architecture.
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Louis XVI gets executed and monarchy is done for in France. With no more monarchy, they use the Reims Cathedral as an important and special place of remembering their past.
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Skipping ahead nearly two centuries, Franz Ferdinand is assassinated and World War I starts with France as one of the main allied powers and Germany in the heart of the central powers.
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With Franz Ferdinand now assassinated and World War I has started, the Germans stormed Reims, France and destroyed major portions of this iconic Gothic building. As being the memorable place where monarchs were crowned. France was angered by Germany even more and eventually rebuilt it after the war passed.
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The Great War ends and the allied powers (basically just France) punish Germany by multiple circumstances one being blaming the entire war on them. France had a problem with Germany after things like burning down that cathedral (just example, obviously bigger reasons) and ultimately wanted revenge.
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Germany faced a huge depression after the consequences of the Treaty of Versailles. With no land or military power, they would look for any leader to attempt to get the country rolling again. Adolf Hitler starts to get listened to by the citizens, eventually making him leader. He turns Germany into a fascist state, inspired the neighboring ideas of Benito Mussolini in Italy.
