Impact of WW1 on Germany
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- Created on: 08-11-15 19:25
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- Impact of WW1 on Germany
- The war had deepened divisions in German soceity
- During the war women were called to work in factories. This was seen as daring to traditional family values
- German workers had restrictions placed on their earnings and factory owners made vast fortunes from the war
- There were huge gaps between the living standards of the rich and the poor
- Germany was virtually bankrupt
- National income was about 1/3 of what it had been in 1918
- War left 600,000 widows and 2 million children fatherless --by 1925 the state was spending 1/3 of its budget on war pensions
- Industrial production was about 2/3 of what it had been in 1913
- Germany had a revolution and became an unstable democratic republic
- Many ex-soldiers and civilians despised the new democratic leaders
- Stresses of war led to a revolution in October-November 1918
- The war had deepened divisions in German soceity
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