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1918
The Great War ended with a huge amount of casualties, over 37 million, and also a treaty being signed: The Treaty Of Versailles. The German had had a strong faith that they would win the war, so they were not prepared for the defeat, and the blow their pride with it. A new government called the Weimar Republic tried to turn a new leaf for the country, and different parties fought intensely for control. -
1919
In the Treaty of Versailles, the Allies gave Germany very harsh rules which they had to abide with. They were forced to pay reparations and accept the war guilt clause. At this time Adolf Hitler had joined The German Workers Party and caught everyone's attention with his speeches which made him rise to take control. Hitler was interested in German Patriotism and militarism and encouraged it, and he hated Jewish people and was anti-Semitic. He made himself fuhrer a year later. -
1923
Hitler and the Nazi party attempted to overthrow the authorities in Munich - also known as the Beer Hall Putsch - but they failed and this resulted in them being jailed. In the courtroom, Hitler talked for hours about how he disagreed with the Weimar Government. After the 24 day trial at court, Hitler managed to get people to support his opinion. Because of this, the judges sentenced Hitler to only 5 years in prison. But, after a year Hitler was released from prison. -
1925
After Hitler got released from prison, he rebuilt the Nazi Party and organised it again. In his time during prison, he also started writing some of his book called "Mein Kamph" ("My Struggle"). Hitler was very skilled in what he did, and soon bought The Nazi Party through politics, and he hoped for the party to contribute Germany's future elections. During this time the party grew many members. In the elections in 1928, German did very poorly winning only 2.6% of the total vote from Germany. -
1929
In 1929, The Great Depression began and it gave Germany economical, social and many other bad results. -
1932
Paul von Hindenburg's time has president had come to an end in 1932, he was indecisive on whether to run again for president because he knew that if he lost, Hitler would win. In the end, Hindenburg won the election, with Hitler receiving 37% of the votes. Germany's economy still had problems, the Nazi Party were now the second largest party in the country. German leaders and politicians had underestimated Hitler's abilites