Consequences of World War one for Germany
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- Created on: 28-09-14 10:15
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- Consequences of World War One for Germany
- Economic
- The US are more inclined to be lenient than Britain and France
- Food shortages due to a British Naval blockade
- Strikes began
- Poltical
- Ludendorff, Army Chief of Staff, realised the war was lost on 29th September and hoped for leniency by promising democracy for an armistice at Washington
- Defeat for Germany
- The US are more inclined to be lenient than Britain and France
- The population are surprised about the armistice (temporary halt to fighting) and accepted it
- Soviet/Worker's council set up
- Strikes began
- Abdication of the Kaiser
- Ebert, Social democratic party leader, sets up a Council of People's representatives- 3SPD and 3USPD (Independent Social Democratic Party)
- Revolutionary Atmosphere
- Ebert uses right wing military group the Freikorps to control the USPD who want soviet led not Parliamentary government
- German Communist Party (KPD) set up
- Plans made to elect a national assembly supported by Congress of Workers and Soldiers
- Social
- Defeat for Germany
- The population are surprised about the armistice (temporary halt to fighting) and accepted it
- Soviet/Worker's council set up
- Strikes began
- Revolutionary Atmosphere
- Ebert uses right wing military group the Freikorps to control the USPD who want soviet led not Pareliamentary givernment
- Plans made to elect a national assembly supported by Congress of Workers and Soldiers
- Military
- Ludendorff, Army Chief of Staff, realised the war was lost on 29th September and hoped for leniency by promising democracy for an armistice at Washington
- Defeat for Germany
- The US are more inclined to be lenient than Britain and France
- The population are surprised about the armistice (temporary halt to fighting) and accepted it
- Food shortages due to a British Naval blockade
- Naval mutinies when asked to fight on by Naval leaders who opposed the armistice,
- Abdication of the Kaiser
- Revolutionary Atmosphere
- Ebert uses right wing military group the Freikorps to control the USPD who want soviet led not Pareliamentary givernment
- Economic
- Ludendorff, Army Chief of Staff, realised the war was lost on 29th September and hoped for leniency by promising democracy for an armistice at Washington
- Defeat for Germany
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