Impacts of the War on Germany by 1918
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- Created on: 01-06-13 09:37
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- Impact of the war on Germany by 1918
- The war had deepened divisions in German society
- There were huge gaps between the living standards of the rich and the poor
- During the war women had been called up to work in the factories, many people saw this as damaging to traditional values.
- Many German workers were bitter at the restrictions placed on their earning during the war while the factory owners made fortunes from the war.
- Germany was virtually bankrupt
- the war left 2 million children without fathers and many widows. By 1925 the state was spending 1/3 of its budget on war pensions.
- National income was about a third of what it'd been in 1913
- Industrial production had fallen to 2/3 of what it had been in 1913.
- Germany had a revolution and had become an unstable democratic republic.
- Many ex-soldiers and civilians despised the new democratic leaders
- The war had deepened divisions in German society
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