An in-depth summary of the IGCSE History 0470 Depth Study Germany. Topics covered in document are "How did Germany emerge from defeat at the end of the First World War?", "What was the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on the Republic", "To what extent did the Republic recover after 1923?" and "Wh...
Germany (1918-1934)
Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
How did Germany emerge from defeat at the end of the First World
War?
1918- The end of the First World War. Proud Germany army was defeated. The
German people were surviving on turnips and bread. A flu epidemic was sweeping
the country, killing thousands of people already weakened by rations
Impact of the war on Germany by 1918:
Germany was virtually bankrupt
-Industrial production was about 2/3 of what it had been in 1913.
-National Income was about 1/3 of what it had been in 1913
-War left 600000 widows and 2 million children without fathers, by 1925, state
was spending 1/3 of budget on pensions
Germany had a revolution and became an unstable democratic republic
-October to November 1918 there was revolution due to stress of war
-Many ex-soldiers and civilians despised the new democratic leaders and
came to believe that Hindenburg had been betrayed by weak politicians
War had deepened divisions in German Society
-Huge gaps between the living standards of rich and poor.
-German workers were bitter at the restrictions placed on their earning during
war while factory owners made vast fortunes from the war
- During war, women were called up to work in the factories people
saw this as damaging to traditional family values and society as a whole.
The German Revolution: 1918-1919
Causes-
o Failure in WW1
o Hardship caused by the war - food shortages, illness, many dead, etc.
o The Russian Revolution caused discontent. Many Germans wanted to copy the
Russians and overthrow their Kaiser, replacing him with councils of workers.
Effects-
o Revolution took place with Friedrich Ebert being appointed Chancellor.
o The new government agreed on an armistice.
o The Weimar Republic was set up.
o The Treaty of Versailles was agreed
The Weimar Republic:
1918- Allies clearly won the war. Germany was in a state of chaos.
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