Timeline of key militaristic achievements made by Truman Smith:
1915– Smith graduated from Yale University
November 28, 1916– Commissioned to infantry; served 19 years
1919 and 1920– Staff officer in the office of Civil Affairs in Roblenz
1923-1924– Assistant military observer in the American diplomatic mission in Berlin
1927- Graduated from Infantry school
1928- Graduated from Command and General Staff School
September 1928-June 1932– Member of the faculty of the Infantry school
1932– Graduated from Army War College
August 1935-April 1939– Military attache in Berlin where he was accredited to both the German Army and Air ministries (in practice he was the air attache)
Timeline of major events that overlap Truman Smith’s achievements to show significance:
November 11, 1918- World War I concluded
June 28, 1919- The Treaty of Versailles was signed by Germany
1922– Joseph Stalin rises to power as General Secretary of USSR
October 29, 1929– The Great Depressions starts
January 30, 1933– Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
March 4, 1933– Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States
March 16, 1935- German re-armament efforts become public
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