Key dates

Question 1

Kaiser Wilhelm II becomes Emperor of Germany

Answer 1

1888

Question 2

Naval race: Germany begins to expand its navy to compete with Britain’s navy

Answer 2

1898

Question 3

WW1 begins

Answer 3

1914

Question 4

Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates

Answer 4

1918

Question 5

WW1 ends

Answer 5

1918

Question 6

Spartacus League revolt

Answer 6

1919

Question 7

Treaty of Versailles is signed

Answer 7

1919

Question 8

Weimar constitution is established

Answer 8

1919

Question 9

American jazz music comes to Germany

Answer 9

1920

Question 10

Founding of the Nazi Party

Answer 10

1920

Question 11

Kapp Putsch

Answer 11

1920

Question 12

Foundation of the Hitler Youth

Answer 12

1922

Question 13

French and Belgian troops invade the Ruhr

Answer 13

1923

Question 14

Hyperinflation crisis

Answer 14

1923

Question 15

Munich Putsch

Answer 15

1923

Question 16

Stresemann becomes Foreign Minister

Answer 16

1924

Question 17

Dawes Plan: US loans money to Germany

Answer 17

1924

Question 18

Hindenburg becomes president

Answer 18

1925

Question 19

Germany joins League of Nations

Answer 19

1926

Question 20

Young Plan is proposed

Answer 20

1929

Question 21

Wall Street Crash, leading to the Great Depression

Answer 21

1929

Question 22

The Depression takes hold in Germany

Answer 22

1930

Question 23

Hitler is named Chancellor

Answer 23

1933

Question 24

Hindenburg dies and Hitler becomes Germany’s dictator

Answer 24

1934

Question 25

Night of the Long Knives

Answer 25

1934

Question 26

Summer Olympics held in Berlin

Answer 26

1936

Question 27

Volkswagen car company is founded

Answer 27

1937

Question 28

Kristallnacht: Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues attacked

Answer 28

1938

Question 29

Germany invades Poland, WW2 begins

Answer 29

1939

Question 30

Wannsee conference: plan created for extermination of Europe's Jews

Answer 30

1942

Question 31

Death camps are set up in German-occupied areas

Answer 31

1942

Question 32

Hitler commits suicide

Answer 32

1945

Question 33

Surrender of Germany to Allies in WW2

Answer 33

1945

Question 34

Red Rising in the Ruhr

Answer 34

1920