Dates Flashcards
(33 cards)
When did Germany sign the armistice?
November 11, 1918
When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
June 28th, 1919
When was the Munich/Beer Hall Putsch?
November 8-9, 1923
When was the height of inflation?
1923
When was the Dawes Plan implemented? What did it do?
- It negotiated to make annual reparations payments less, US loans to Germany and the French to leave the Ruhr.
When was the Young Plan implemented? What were its effects?
- Because it negotiated to extend reparations payments to 1988, Nazis didn’t like it because they felt like they were ‘selling their children into slavery’
When did the Great Depression begin?
October 29, 1929
What were unemployment numbers from 1929-1932?
Went from 1.5 million in October 1929 to 6 million at the start of 1932.
When were the two elections that ultimately placed Hitler in power?
July 1932 and November 1932
In July 1932, how many votes did the Nazi Party obtain?
13,745,000
When did Hitler become Chancellor? Why?
January 30, 1933. Many voted for him because they were prone to Nazi propaganda and felt frustrated with the other parties.
When was the Reichstag fire?
February 27, 1933
When did Germany violate the Treaty by rearming?
March 16, 1935
When did Germany remilitarise the Rhineland?
March 7, 1936
When did Germany annex Austria? Why weren’t they stopped?
March 12, 1938. Britain and France did not intervene as they adhered to their policy of appeasement.
When did Germany invade Poland?
September 1, 1939
When did Germany invade the Soviet Union?
June 22, 1941
When was Stalingrad? What were its effects on Germany?
February 2, 1943. It led to almost 300,000 Axis troops being captured or killed, and Germany never regained the initiative on the Eastern front.
When was D-Day?
June 6, 1944
When did Hitler commit suicide?
April 30, 1945
When does Germany eventually surrender?
May 8, 1945
When does Japan annex Korea?
1910
When does Japan launch their invasion of China?
July 7, 1937
When does Japan join the Axis Powers?
September 27, 1940
