The War Ends
- Created by: nicolevalerie
- Created on: 22-08-19 16:45
View mindmap
- Origins of the republic 1918-1919
- Uprisings
- Kiel Mutiny
- 3 Nov
- German sailors rebbeled and refused to board ships
- sparked rebellions over Germany
- Hanover
- german troops refused to control rioters
- Kurt Eisner
- encouraged general uprisings
- sparked mass strikes in Munich
- encouraged general uprisings
- civil war
- public protest in Berlin
- memebers of SPD called for Kaiser's resignation
- Kaiser Wilhem II abidicated on 9th nov 1918
- SPD and USPD declared a republic
- Kaiser Wilhem II abidicated on 9th nov 1918
- memebers of SPD called for Kaiser's resignation
- public protest in Berlin
- Kiel Mutiny
- Germany surrenders
- armistice signed by Germany on 11 nov 1918
- new republic was under pressure to sign
- November Criminals
- Dolchstoßlegende – the ‘stab-in-the–back’ theory
- wasnt supported by some Germans
- new republic was under pressure to sign
- armistice signed by Germany on 11 nov 1918
- Temporary Government
- Germany was disorganised after abdication of Kaiser
- established consisting of SPD and USPD
- Council of People's Representatives
- controlled until Jan 1919
- The Weimar Republic was formed
- Council of People's Representatives organised elections
- to create a new parliament
- Germany now democratic
- Friedrich Ebert
- leader of SPD
- SPD won majority of seats
- firrst democratic president
- leader of SPD
- Philipp Scheidmann
- Chancellor
- new members of Reichstag made a new constitution
- Weimar
- Berlin was "unsafe" bc the Spartacist uprising
- approved and signed in Aug 1919
- Feb 1919
- Weimar
- Council of People's Representatives organised elections
- Uprisings
Comments
No comments have yet been made