Impact of WWI on Germany

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  • Created on: 06-04-17 21:42
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  • Impact of WW1 on Germany
    • Physical
      • Farming = disrupted
        • Most workers = conscripted
        • 1918 - Only 50% milk & 60% meat produced compared to the start of WW1
          • Most workers = conscripted
      • Britain = blockading Germany's ports since 1916
        • Many faced starvation
        • 1917 - potatoes ran out!
          • 750,000 died from disease and hunger
            • Many faced starvation
    • Psychological
      • Before the war Germans = proud & ambitious
        • Prepared to work hard for success
        • United & obedient
      • War made them bitter & angry
        • Wanted to blame someone
        • Arguing amonst themselves
    • Political
      • During the war political system = weak
        • Military dictator ship - Kaiser, Army, Ludendorff & Hindenburg
      • Democracy = really weak
    • Anarchy
      • Germany = unstable
      • Armed demobilised soldiers returning home
        • Joining in violent demonstrations against the Kaiser
    • Abdication of the Kaiser
      • Allies made it a condition for peace
      • By October sailors & soldiers had begun a mutiny against orders to attack
        • November 1918 - protest spread to towns and cities
          • Soldier's & Worker's councils took control in many cities
        • 9th November - General Strike in Berlin
          • Fear of revolution [like in Russia a year prior]
        • Social Democrats - Friedrich Ebert declared a German state & abdication of the Kaiser
          • 10th November - Kaiser fled to Holland
            • 11th November - Armistice

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