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Germany and the United Kingdom signed the Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty, under which Germany renounced its claims over Zanzibar in exchange for the strategic island of Heligoland. [39] 1891: The Pan-German League was established. 1892: Rudolf Diesel invented the Diesel engine. 1896: 3 January
Other events of 1918 History of Germany • Timeline • Years: Events in the year 1918 in Germany. Incumbents. National level. Head of State. Kaiser – ...
1918–1933: Nazi Germany: 1933–1945: World War II: 1939–1945: Contemporary Germany. ... This is a list of years in Germany. See also the timeline of German history.
It was the end of Imperial Germany; a new Germany had been born as the Weimar Republic. [76] Ferdinand Foch, second from right, pictured outside the carriage in Compiègne after agreeing to the armistice that ended the war there. The carriage was later chosen by Nazi Germany as the symbolic setting of Pétain's June 1940 armistice. [77]
The Revolution of 1918/19 is one of the most important events in the modern history of Germany, yet it is poorly embedded in the historical memory of Germans. [137] The failure of the Weimar Republic that the revolution brought into being and the Nazi era that followed it obstructed the view of the events for a long time.
Germany lacked oil, and could only supply 25 percent of its own needs, leaving Germany 2 million tons short a year and a staggering 10 million tons below planned mobilization totals, [32] while the Soviet Union was required for numerous key other raw materials, such as ores (including iron and manganese), rubber and food fat and oils.
9 November 1918: Emperor Wilhelm II: German Empire: 9 November 1918: King Wilhelm II: Kingdom of Prussia: 13 November 1918: King Ludwig III: Kingdom of Bavaria: 13 November 1918: King Frederick Augustus III: Kingdom of Saxony: 30 November 1918: King William II: Kingdom of Württemberg: 22 November 1918: Grand Duke Frederick II: Grand Duchy of ...
The Timeline of the Weimar Republic lists in chronological order the major events of the Weimar Republic, beginning with the final month of the German Empire and ending with the Enabling Act of 1933 that concentrated all power in the hands of Adolf Hitler. A second chronological section lists important cultural, scientific and commercial events ...