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What happend in 1871

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In 1871 germany became a unified state after it won the war against france

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Who was kaiser whilhelm

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Kaiser whilhelm whas the king of germany. He helped germanys industry rise by the production of coal steel and iron.

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What is the weltpolitik

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It is world policy. He dreamt of taking his “place in the sun” by building a massive empire.

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What happened between 1898 and 1912

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Kaiser wilhelm broke 5 naval laws to build up his navy to rival Britain. This ended up making it alit intense as they increased the risk of war

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Who was kaiser whilhelm challenged by

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He was challenged by the spd as they wanted a country with no kaiser. They became the largest party in the reichstag as they were supported by german workers

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What happened in 1914

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Germany declared war on the triple entente starting world war 1

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What did Britain do to cause 750000 deaths

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Britain did a blockade which meant no food and raw materials went into germany starving millions of people resulting in the death of 750000

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What did the kaiser do in november 1918

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He abdicated meaning he left the coumtry and never came back

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What did germany become

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They became a republic. The new republic met in the town called weimer. Which became known as the weimer republic

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What is proportional representation

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It is the amount of the percentage of votes they receive which is the number of seats they receive. For example if they were to get 5% vote they will get 5 seats

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What is the article 48

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It is where the president was able to rule without the opinions lf the reichstag in times of crisis.(rule by decree)

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What was the treaty of versailles

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It was agreement in which germany were made to be punished by the rest of the countries affected.
Germany had to pay reperations of 6.6 billion pounds
Disarm meaning only have a army of 100000 and give over there boats
Lost 13% of territories
They had to give up all its overseas colonies

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What is diktat

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This meant the german people had no say which angered them as they felt they had no voice

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What cause unrest in the weimer republic

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Communists wanted to become like russia as they left the war due to the government being overthrowned by the people. They wanted to share all wealth. This lead to them trying to seize berlin in the 1919 spatcists uprising

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Who stopped the uprising

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Freikorps
This was a bunch of soilders who kept their weapons after the war.

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What happend in 1923

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In 1923 aldof hitler tried to takeover berlin in the munich putsch but was stopped by police and the army

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What also happend in 1923

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France invaded the ruhr in which caused the passive resistance in which theg did not go ti work but were still paid. So the weimer government decided to print money to pay them which caused hyperinflation

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How did the government try to stop it

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They stopped using the rentenmark and replaced it by using reichsmark. This idea was given ti germany by gustav stesemann.

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Who was stesemann

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He was the chacellor in 1923
Them became foreign minister in 24 to 29
Under him germany stabilised

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What did they sign in 1924

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They signed the dawes plan in which was a plan in where america helped pay the reparations sending loans for germany to pay back in the future

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What did they sign in 1925

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They sogned thr lacto pact enabling germany to join the League of Nations as a member in 1926

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What did they sign in 1929

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They signed the young plan which meant the reparations went from 6.6 billion to 1.8 billion

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What book did hitler write in jail

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Mein kampf which meant my stuggles

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What was his and the nazi party punishment

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They were banned until 1926

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What did the nazi create in 1926
The sa an elite bodyguard They made the black shirt SS
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What happend in octover 1929
The wall street crasb which caused the depression in usa making them want germany to pay back their loans
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How many people were unemployed in 1933
6 million
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What was there election vite rate in 1932 and why was that
230 seats They used propaganda to its limit it was controlled by goebbels
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When did hitler become chancellor
In 1933
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What happened in feb 1933
The reichstag fire this lead to 4000 communists arrested
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What happened in march 1933
Nazi won the election as it was rigged He also used the enabling act so ge can rule without the Reichstag
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What happen in june and july of 1934
The night of the long knives He killed people he thought could be a threat to his power like ernst rohm leader if sa
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In 1933 how did he start terror
He sent political opponents to concentration camps
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What was the gestapo
The gestapo were secret police they kept there eyes on the people ti see if anyone would go against the nazi if they did they were sent to concentration camps
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What groups were targeted
Jews and gypsies were targeted In 1933 they boycott all jewish shops They made nuremburg preventing jews and gypsies having relationships with the aryan race
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What is krstallnacht
Night of the broken glass which meant all synogogues homes and shops destroyed
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What was the hitler youth
A group if boys they trained so they can become soilders to fight for the country in the future
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What was the league of german girls
A bunch of youth girls who were trained about motherhood
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What was the swing youth
A bunch people who listen to forbidden jazz music
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What was the edelweiss pirate
They were people who told jokes about the nazi leaders and attacked hitler youth members
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How did they put down the numbers if the unemployed (6 mill)
Invisible unemployment (women and jews) Public work like railways And made joining military a job
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What was the four year plan
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Who was goering
He was a politician and the military leader
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What was the treaty of london
States that belgium is a neutral country
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What is the triple allisnce
Austro-hungry germany italy
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What is trench warfare
Is a type of land warfare in which the countries would dig into land to create fighting lines and for protection
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What was the moroccan crisis in 1905
It was when germany wanted ti challenge france in taking over morocco
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What was the naval race
It was a naval race between germany and britain to see who will have navy supremacy it was rin in 1906 to 1914
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When was the triple entente form and who was in it
France russia and britain was in it and it was made in 1907
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What was the bosnian crisis
This is where hungry announced the takeover of bosnia and herzgovina
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What is the agadir crisis
It was the second moroccan crisis germany tried to challenge the rights that french had over morocco by sending gunboat panther to agadir
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The assassination of archduke ferdinand
28th june 1914 killed by princep part of the black hand gang this ouraged serbia as he was the next king
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What is the july crisis
This was 23rd july 1914 They increased their army and military due to the risk of war
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What was the schlieffen plan and whan was it
This is where they attack france first by marching through belgium then they will invade russia instaed of head on engagemen
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The battle of the marne
it was september 1914 and the germans were stopped as they found out russia had mobilised and there was a large death toll so trenches started to be dug and the race of the sea began and the western front was formed
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The race to the sea
attempt by the British and French to outflank the northern wing of the German Army and attack its rear, after their defeat at the Battle of the Marne.
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The first gas attack
On April 22, 1915 at 5 p.m. a wave of asphyxiating gas released from cylinders embedded in the ground by German specialist troops smothered the Allied line on the northern end of the Ypres salient, causing panic and a struggle to survive a new form of weapon.
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The gallipoli campaign
Gallipoli Campaign was the land-based element of a broad strategy to defeat the Ottoman Empire. A British-French fleet had made several attempts to breach Ottoman defences in the Dardanelles but had suffered a decisive defeat on 18 March 1915.
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The battle of jutland
The Battle of Jutland (31 May-1 June 1916) was the largest naval battle of the First World War, involving 250 ships and around 100,000 men. Over the course of the battle there were periods of intense action and inaction. In the end, 6,000 British and 2,500 German sailors were dead.
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The battle of the somme
Allied soldiers anticipated limited resistance, but when the barrage lifted German machine gunners emerged from their intact shelters and mowed down the oncoming British infantry in their thousands. That first day of the Battle of the Somme was the bloodiest day in British military history with over 57,000 casualties. Britain invented tanks as a retaliation to the german machinery however it did not work at all
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Germany resumes unrestricted submarine war
After failing to seize control of the sea from the British at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare on 1 February 1917. Germany knew this would cause war with the USA but thought there mobilisation would be too slow. They joined the war in april 1917 which led to the downfall of germany and the end
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Battle if passchendaele
The Battle of Passchendaele. On 6th November 1917, after three months of fierce fighting, British and Canadian forces finally took control of the tiny village of Passchendaele in the West Flanders region of Belgium, so ending one of the bloodiest battles of World War one
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Revolution of russia
The people of russia took over the government
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Spring offensive
Idea by lundendorf They break through enemy lines It failed as the germans were too tired of war and had the lack of supplies of manpower and food tk advance far
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The armistice
the ceasefire that ended hostilities between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918

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