Impact of the war on Germany
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- Created on: 20-02-16 12:25
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- Impacts on Germany By 1918
- Germany was Bankrupt
- 6 million widows and 2 million children were left without husbands/ fathers
- National income was reduced by 1/3 of what it had been in 1913
- Industrial production was about 2/3 of what it had been in 1913
- Germany had a new democratic government -The Weimar Republic
- Stresses of the war led to a revolution when the kaiser left the throne unattended
- Many ex-soldiers and civilians hated the new democratic government and they believed that they had been "stabbed in the back" by the kaiser
- Divisions were created in the German society
- Huge gaps between the rich and poor
- During the war women started working in factories and many people in Germany saw this as damaging traditional family values in the society
- Many worker were angry due to the restrictions on their earning while factory owners made fortunes
- Germany was Bankrupt
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