History

1918

End of WW1, Kaiser abdicates, country switches from monarchy to republic, agreed to armistice, new weimar republic,

1919

new president Ebert

Treaty of Versailles-

Land- lost colonies and land

Army- reduced army number, demilitarisation of the Rhineland

Money- £6.6 billion reparations to Allies

Blame- accepted blame for the war ( Article 231)

Novermber Criminals signed the treaty of versailles

stabbed German peeople in the back

Social chaos

Left wing - Spartacist revolt, tried to overthrow the government

DAP set - Drexler was the leader.

1920

Kapp Putsch, right wing, politicians killed

DAP makes its own para-military called the SA

1921

Hitler becomes the leader of the DAP and changed its name to NSDAP to appeal to more Germans

Hitler's ideas:

Stop the Treaty of Versailles

Get rid of the Jews

Bigger army

Protect tradtional German life

1923

Ruhr crisis

Ruhr was an industrial area in Germany with many factories

Reparations not paid to France

France invaded the Ruhr

Ebert tells workers to go on strike (passive resistance)

Germany can't produce enough goods

Germany can't pay reparations

Germany print off more money and this leads to hyperinflation

Hyperinflation:

+ People with debts profited as they could easily pay off their debts

- People with savings lost money.

Stressmann introduced the Rentenmark ( it was stable as it was equal to the price of gold)

Hyperinflation leads to Munich Putsch 

Hitler tries to take advantage of the chaos

Hitler and the Nazis try to take over the Bavaria, he failed, gets arrested

Wrote Mein Kampf in prison.

Reasons for the Munich Putsch

Long term reasons = people unhappy with the Treaty of Versailles

Medium term…