Impact of War

Impact of War

War weariness
1. Germany close to collapse
  1. Surviving on turnips and bread
2. Mutiny
  1. 28th October
    1. Sailors refused to follow orders
    2. Towns taken over
      1. Hamburg
      2. Munich
      3. In six days
Economic problems
1. Factories exhausted
  1. no money
  2. Produing weaponary not exports
2. Loans
  1. Money from America
  2. Money to allies would not be repayed
3. Pensions
  1. 60 000 war widows
Defeat
1. Ludendorff told the goverment that they could never win the war
  1. October
2. Surrendered on 11/11/1918
End of monarchy
1. Advised they would be treated more fairly without a monarch
2. Goverment formed
  1. Weimar republic
  2. Friedrich Ebert took the Kaiser's place
    1. Leadser of SPD
    2. temporarily
3. Kaiser abdicated the throne
  1. 9/11/1918
Reperations
1. £6.6 billion
2. Treaty of Versailles
Occupation of the Ruhr
1. French invaded the Ruhr
  1. Failed to pay reperations
  2. Took their payement in goods
Hyperinflation
1. Workers went on strike
  1. Orders of goverment
  2. Continued to get paid
    1. Spent more
    2. Shopkeepers raised prices
      1. German goverment printed more money
        Money lost value
        Prices inflated so much it was known as hyperinflation
2. Winners
  1. Debts could easily be payed of
  2. The rich who also owned land and possessions
  3. Rich buisnessmen
    1. Took over small companies
3. Losers
  1. Fixed wages
  2. Pensions
  3. Small buisnesses

Resource summary

	Created by Megan Leek about 7 years ago