Years of Crisis Timeline

  • Treaty of Versailles Signed

    Treaty of Versailles Signed
    End of world war I
  • Wiemar republic forms

    Wiemar republic forms
    Was the government that was enacted in place of a normal government for Germany after world war 1. A lot of German's blamed the republic for its issues so this would eventually lead to a population of germans eager for change, and ready for a leader like Hitler.
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    Wiemar Hypeinflation

    Period of time where the German dollar had no value what so ever making it hard for citizens to survive. This led to loans from the U.S.A to help pay of reparations to France, however this would unknowingly lead to the Great depression.
  • End of the Russian civil war.

    End of the Russian civil war.
    The Russian Civil War (started on November 7 1917.) Ended with the victory of the bolshevik party. This allowed total party control over the nation and eventually leads it into the nations reform and entry into the next world war.
  • Lenin Dies

    Lenin Dies
    Leader of the Soviet Union Vladimir Lenin dies, allowing joesephe stalin to rise to power and take control of the soviet union.
  • The Great depression starts

    The Great depression starts
    The wall street market crashes leading to a world wide economic downturn. This halting the process of paying off reparations harder for Germany and brought them back to the same state as the Wiemar hyperinflation crisis. Thus giving Germany another reason to be mad about the treaty of Versailles.
  • Adolf Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany
    This leads to the rise of the Nazi party taking full control of Germany making it easier to start the holocaust and world war II.
  • FDR sets into mothin the "New Deal"

    FDR sets into mothin the "New Deal"
    A economic plan developed by F.D.R, to help fix major economic issues in the U.S, by re-working the bank system and by promoting the use of more civil services. This would lead to an end the great depression and make america economically ready for world war II.
  • Night of the Long Knives

    Night of the Long Knives
    Potential rivals to Hitler within the Nazi Party, including SA leader Ernst Rhythm, and prominent anti-Nazi conservatives are killed by the SS and the Gestapo. This lead to the major filling of concentration camps used during the holocaust.
  • The Neutrality Act of 1935

    The Neutrality Act of 1935
    The Neutrality Act of 1935 was passed by U.S, to help promote neutrality for the U.S.\ by bannning the selling of weapons in european countires This leads to the U.S entering World war 2 slower.
  • uranium atom is split for the first time

    uranium atom is split for the first time
    A uranium atom is split for the first time at Columbia University in the United States. This would lead to many things such as the Manhattan project, which would eventually develop the first nuclear bomb which would be used by the U.S to end the war.
  • German Invasion of Poland

    German Invasion of Poland
    Germany commences the beginnings of World War II