The Consequences of the First World War - Germany
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- The Consequences of the First World War
- Political impact
- 9 November: Kaiser Wilhem abdicated and Council of People's Representatives formed
- Ebert feared Communism
- Economic impact
- Industrial impact 2/3 that of 1913
- National income 1/3 that of 1913
- 600,000 widows and 2 million fatherless children
- The impact on the people
- Loss was a shock
- Navy disagreed with armistice
- Navy mutiny followed by soviets
- Social impact
- Deepened divisions between classes
- Women workers during the war. Threatened family values
- The establishment of a Republic
- Ebert signed an armistice allowing freedom of speech and worship, and introduced better working conditions
- The 'stab-in-the-back' myth emerged
- Political impact
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