Politcal and Governmental Change 1918-89

Based on Edexcel AS/A Level History
Nationalism, dictatorship and democracy in 20th Century Europe

Events

Weimar

9th November 1918 - 30th January 1933

Armistice

11th November 1918

Spartacist Revolt

4th January 1919 - 15th January 1919

First Weimar Elections

19th January 1919

Treaty of Versailles

28th June 1919

Weimar Constitution Passed

31st July 1919

107 Nazi's elected into Reichstag

14th September 1930

Hitler Becomes Chancellor

30th January 1933

Nazi

30th January 1933 - 7th May 1945

Enabling Act Passed

24th March 1933

Night of the Long Knives

30th June 1934

Hindenburg dies - Hitler is Fuhrer

2nd August 1934

Night of Broken Glass

9th November 1938

End of WW2 in Europe

7th May 1945

West Germany - Trizonia

7th May 1945 - 22nd May 1949

FRG

22nd May 1949 - 9th November 1989

GDR set up

7th October 1949

Berlin Wall

12th August 1961