history germany 1918-1945 revision notes
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History Germany Revision Notes
Article 48: In an emergency the president could make laws without first going through the Reichstag.
T. H. I. S. P. - ToffV, hyperinflation, invasion of the ruhr, stab in the back, political uprisings
The Treaty of Versailles: L. A. M. B. - Land, Army,, money, blame.
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Germany lost 13% of their Land
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Their army was reduced the only 100,000 soldiers and they were forced to surrender
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Germany had to pay £6600 million in annual installments as reparation tax
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And Germany had to take all the blame, Even though they felt the war was only self defence.
Political Uprisings
The spartacist revolt - Jan 5th-15th 1919
the leaders were Rosa luxemburg and karl liebknecht
They were communist group of working people they staged the revolt in Berlin and took over the government newspaper and Telegraph headquarters
They didn't have a lot of support
The freikorps and army were easily able to crush them
it was badly planned
And the leaders murdered
They had wanted the lives of working people improved and they didn't trust the new government
The red rising in the Ruhr - 1920
A group of workers led by the Communist Party
They were angry about bad working pay and bad working conditions
they took control of the Ruhr by controlling the raw materials
the German army crushed the rising
had a weak leadership and no clear plan
The kapp Putsch - 1920
This involved the freikorps led by Wolfgang kapp
The freikorps marched to Berlin and seized control
The government were forced to flee
They failed to win support and the workers rose up against them in a general strike
They were protesting about the Freikorps being disbanded which is what the allies asked Germany to do
The munich putsch - 1923 9th nov
it included the nazi party, the SA and general ludendorff
Because the nazi party believed a democracy was weak
they wanted one party with one leader.
They burst into a meeting and forced the kahr to promise to support their plan
Badly planned, Kahr withdrew support and government crushed them with the army
Hitler was imprisoned for 5yrs but let out after 9 months
Invasion of the ruhr - 1923
Germany didn't keep up with the reparation payments so the French and Belgium troops invaded.
legal under the TofV
The ruhr was Germany’s most important industrial region
Passive resistance - strikes
No money produced
Hyperinflation - 1923
Germany had no money due to the invasion so printed more making value go down and prices go up.
The people's savings and pensions went to 0
Even people with jobs the wages couldn't keep up
Blamed weimar gov for TofV
Loans were paid back easily
Large businesses brought smaller ones
Stab in the back theory
The soldiers lost their jobs
Lost family and friends in the war
Forced to surrender to them the war wasn’t over
R.I.P.P.E.N. - Reparations - pay them
Improve global relationships
Persuade french to leave ruhr Stresemann
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