Mother Earth Travel: History of Germany: The Protestant Reformation

Use this writing exercise to help learners develop an understanding of the Protestant Reformation. They answer two critical thinking questions related to the success and conditions that mad the reformation possible.

Travel site outlines the early history of Germany.

Travel site provides overview of the history of Germany through text from early history to 1945.

Travel site overview of the History of Germany and the Thirty Years' War from 1618 to 1648.

Travel site provides and overview of the history of Germany from 1945 to 1990.

A detailed account of the establishment of the Third Reich in Germany, Hitler's rise to power, and how the government of Germany changed after Hitler gained power in the 1920's.

Germany was divided in two by the Berlin Wall, built in 1961. Understand the environment between the two sides and what led to unification in 1990.

Review Imperial Germany's population, politics, economy, and involvement in World War I. Detailed aspects of foreign policies are identified.

Communist Erich Honecker replaced Ulbricht as the leader of East Germany in 1971. This accounts the history of the last years of the divided Germany.

An account of the years Walter Ulbricht was a Communist leader in East Germany after coming out of exile from World War II. Discover what happened during his time holding high positions within the KPD.