German History
From the trenches of World War I to reunification and beyond - over a century of German history that shaped the modern world.
World War I (1914-1918)
The Great War, Germany's role, the Western Front, defeat, and the humiliation of Versailles.
+The Weimar Republic
Germany's first democracy: hyperinflation, political instability, the Golden Twenties, and slow collapse.
+Rise of the Nazi Party
How Hitler and the NSDAP turned economic despair and political chaos into a totalitarian dictatorship by 1933.
+World War II (1939-1945)
Blitzkrieg, the Eastern Front, strategic bombing, D-Day, and Germany's unconditional surrender.
+The Holocaust
The systematic murder of six million Jews and millions of others by the Nazi regime - causes, machinery, and memory.
+Division and the Cold War
Occupation zones, the Berlin Airlift, two Germanys, the Berlin Wall, and life in East and West Germany.
+Reunification and Modern Germany
The fall of the Wall, German reunification in 1990, and Germany's role in modern Europe.
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