Impact of WWI on Germany

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  • Impact of the war on Germany
    • Germany had a revolution and became an unstable democratic republic
      • Stresses of war led to a revolution in October-November 1918
      • The Ex-soldiers and civilians despised the new democratic leaders
    • The war had deepened divisions in German society
      • Many German workers were bitter at the restrictions placed on their earnings during the war while factory owners made fortunes
      • During the war women were called up to work in factories. Many people saw this as damage to traditional family values and society as a whole
    • Germany was literally bankrupt
      • Industrial production was about two-thirds of what it was
      • National income was about one-third of what it had been in 1913
      • War left millions of people without fathers and husbands - the sate was spending about one-third of its budget on war pensions

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