Empire to democracy 1914-1919 Flashcards
(28 cards)
When was Hindenburg appointed ‘army chief of staff’ and Ludendorff his deputy?
August 1916
When was the turnip winter?
1916-1917
Replacement of Bethmann-Hollweg by George Michaelis
July 1917
When did the revolution from above and below start?
October 1918
When was Ebert elected?
November 1918
Ebert - Groener Pact
10th November 1918
Stinnes - Legien Pact
15th November 1918
Spartacist Uprising in Berlin
March 1919
Strikes in Halle and Ruhr (which ended up in Ebert calling for Friekorps to suppress it)
April-May 1919
Kapp Putsch
February 1920
Beginning of French occupation of the Ruhr
11th January 1923
Stresseman’s appointment as Chancellor
August 1923
When was passive resistance called off?
September 1923
Hitler’s failed Putsch
November 1923
Introduction of the Rentenmark + curbing inflation
November 1923
Dawes Plan reorganises reparations in Germany’s favour
April 1924
Locarno Treaties
October 1925
Treaty of Berlin (which extends the Rapallo Pact of 1922)
April 1926
Germany joins the League of Nations
September 1926
Kellogg-Briand Pact
1928
Young Plan (to reduce reparations by 75%)
August 1929
Field Marshal Hindenburg elected President
April 1925
President Ebert dies
February 1925
Moderate parties making gains in elections
May 1928
