The Revolutions of 1848, 1848-49 -- The unification of Germany, 1871 -- Industrialization, 1890-1910 -- The pursuit of Weltpolitik, 1890-1914 -- World War I, 1914-1918 -- The collapse of the Weimar Republic, 1929-1933 -- The Hitler experience, 1933-1945 -- World War II, 1939-1945 -- West Germany's economic and political "miracle," 1949-1973 -- The reunification of Germany, 1990