The establishment of the Weimar Republic and its early problems- The abdication of the Kaiser and the German Revolution of 1918-19.

The abdication of the Kaiser and the German Revolution of 1918-19.

Effects of WW1:

• loss of faith in the government
• death of thousands each week due to diseae (flu virus then TB)
• late 1918, food runnning low- adults living on less than 1000 calories, strvation. 
• 1.7 millin killed fighting, 4.3 millin injured
• rise in protests among people 
• when america joned, 2 million fresh trops, German general knew tgeir fate so began to retreat.
• Oct 1918, mutany at Kiel, news of this spread and lead for several more uprisings.
• talk of revolution 

The german Revolution 1918-19

Revolution from above-the…