When did discontent grow on the German home-front?
The winter months of early 1917.
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Where there food and fuel shortages?
The exceptionally cold winter of 1916-17 contributed to severe food and fuel shortages.
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How many civilians died from starvation and hypothermia?
293,000
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What was the Influenza epidemic?
The 'Spanish flu' which hit Europe in 1918 and killed between 20 and 40 million people.
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What was the impact of Inflation on civilians and the economy?
Workers were forced to work longer hours and their wages fell below the inflation rate. Average prices doubled and wages only rose by 50 to 75%.
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How many soldiers suffered from casualties and what impact did this have socially?
Two million German were killed, six million wounded, many were disabled. This caused immense social trauma and strain on the soldiers and there families.
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Why did resentment grow in the minds of the middle class?
They felt the war had lowered their social status as their income has declined. They began to oppose the political leaders who had urged for total war.
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Where there food and fuel shortages?
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The exceptionally cold winter of 1916-17 contributed to severe food and fuel shortages.
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How many civilians died from starvation and hypothermia?
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Card 4
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What was the Influenza epidemic?
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Card 5
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What was the impact of Inflation on civilians and the economy?
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