Impact of War

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GCSE History (Germany 1890 - 1945) Mind Map on Impact of War, created by Megan Leek on 09/11/2017.
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Impact of War
  1. War weariness
    1. Germany close to collapse
      1. Surviving on turnips and bread
      2. Mutiny
        1. 28th October
          1. Sailors refused to follow orders
            1. Towns taken over
              1. Hamburg
                1. Munich
                  1. In six days
            2. Economic problems
              1. Factories exhausted
                1. no money
                  1. Produing weaponary not exports
                  2. Loans
                    1. Money from America
                      1. Money to allies would not be repayed
                      2. Pensions
                        1. 60 000 war widows
                      3. Defeat
                        1. Ludendorff told the goverment that they could never win the war
                          1. October
                          2. Surrendered on 11/11/1918
                          3. End of monarchy
                            1. Advised they would be treated more fairly without a monarch
                              1. Goverment formed
                                1. Weimar republic
                                  1. Friedrich Ebert took the Kaiser's place
                                    1. Leadser of SPD
                                      1. temporarily
                                    2. Kaiser abdicated the throne
                                      1. 9/11/1918
                                    3. Reperations
                                      1. £6.6 billion
                                        1. Treaty of Versailles
                                        2. Occupation of the Ruhr
                                          1. French invaded the Ruhr
                                            1. Failed to pay reperations
                                              1. Took their payement in goods
                                            2. Hyperinflation
                                              1. Workers went on strike
                                                1. Orders of goverment
                                                  1. Continued to get paid
                                                    1. Spent more
                                                      1. Shopkeepers raised prices
                                                        1. German goverment printed more money
                                                          1. Money lost value
                                                            1. Prices inflated so much it was known as hyperinflation
                                                      2. Winners
                                                        1. Debts could easily be payed of
                                                          1. The rich who also owned land and possessions
                                                            1. Rich buisnessmen
                                                              1. Took over small companies
                                                            2. Losers
                                                              1. Fixed wages
                                                                1. Pensions
                                                                  1. Small buisnesses
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