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Weimar Republic
- 1918 Allies won war
Germany in state of
chaos.
- Germany offered
peace treaty but
refused so Sailors in
Northern Germany took
over Kiel.
- This triggered revolts by socialists.
- This triggered revolts by socialists.
- 1918 Kaiser abdicated his throne
from Germany to the Netherlands.
- Socialist, Friedrich Ebert became leader of the
Rebublic of Germany. He signed an Armistice
meaning the war was over.
- Ebert said armistice would give the German
people freedom of speech, freedom of
worship and better living conditions.
- Ebert said armistice would give the German
people freedom of speech, freedom of
worship and better living conditions.
- People said that Ebert had "stabbed
Germany in the back" and caused the defeat
in the war.
- Communists
believed that
Germany needed a
Communist
revolution like
Russia's in 1917.
- January 1919 free elections for the first time in German
history and Ebert became President of the Weimar
Republic.
- It was called the 'Weimar Republic
because the new government met in the
small town of Weimar.
- It was called the 'Weimar Republic
because the new government met in the
small town of Weimar.
- Left wing group
Communist party-
Spartacists, Karl
Liebknect and Rosa
Luxenburg.
- Against Ebert's democratic Germany, wanted a
Germany ruled by workers' councils or soviets.
- 1919 launched bid for power.
Freikorps and army made. Ebert
made agreement with Freikorps to
put down rebellion.
- Bitter fight between
Spartacists and Freikorps.
Casaulties, Freikorps
won. Both leaders killed.
- Bitter fight between
Spartacists and Freikorps.
Casaulties, Freikorps
won. Both leaders killed.
- Against Ebert's democratic Germany, wanted a
Germany ruled by workers' councils or soviets.
- February 1919 Kurt Eisner (Ebert's
ally) was murdered by political
opponents.
- Bavarian communists declared a
Soviet republic in Bavaria.
- May 1919, Freikorps killed 600
communists under Ebert's
orders.
- May 1919, Freikorps killed 600
communists under Ebert's
orders.
- Bavarian communists declared a
Soviet republic in Bavaria.
- 1920, more communist
agitation in the Ruhr industrial
are.
- Freikorps clashed with
Communists, 2,000
casualties.
- Ebert's actions caused bitterness
between Communists and
Socialists. But he gained approval
from Germany.
- Ebert and many Germans
feared going the same way
as Russia.
- Despite this
Communism went
strong throughout the
1920's.
- Despite this
Communism went
strong throughout the
1920's.
- Ebert and many Germans
feared going the same way
as Russia.
- Freikorps clashed with
Communists, 2,000
casualties.
- May 1919- Terms of Treaty of Versailles
anounnced.
- Germany lost: -10% of its land
- all of its overseas colonies -
12.5% of its population - 16%
of its coal and 48% of its iron
industry.
- In addition: -its army was
reduced to 100,000; it was not
allowed to have an air force;
its navy was reduced -
Germany had to accept blame
for starting the war and was
forced to pay reperations.
- Germany lost: -10% of its land
- all of its overseas colonies -
12.5% of its population - 16%
of its coal and 48% of its iron
industry.
- Germans were appalled at the
Treaty of Versailles terms. Why
were they punished for their
Kaisers aggression?
- Anger turned on Ebert and
he was blamed for the
Treaty.
- Ebert was reluctant
on signing the
Treaty but knew that
Germany could not
go back to war.
- Anger turned on Ebert and
he was blamed for the
Treaty.
- Ebert faced violent
opposition from the
Right, these
people in the
successful Kaiser
Germany.
- March 1920, Dr Wolfgang Kapp led
5,000 Freikorps into Berlin in a
rebellion- Kapp Putsch.
- Army refused to fire on Freikorps, Ebert was
doomed but the German people declared a
strike which meant no transport, power or
water.
- Kapp left the country and was
hunted down and died awaiting
trial. The rest of the rebels went
unpunished.
- Kapp left the country and was
hunted down and died awaiting
trial. The rest of the rebels went
unpunished.
- Army refused to fire on Freikorps, Ebert was
doomed but the German people declared a
strike which meant no transport, power or
water.
- 1922 Ebert's foreign
minister Walther
Rathenau was
murdered by
extremists.
- November 1923 Hitler led an attempted rebellion in Munich-
Munich Putsch. Hitler and murderers were arrested but Hitler got
off lightly because it was the same judge that tried him two years
earlier for disorder.
- Weimar's
right wing
opponents
had friends
in high
places.
- November 1923 Hitler led an attempted rebellion in Munich-
Munich Putsch. Hitler and murderers were arrested but Hitler got
off lightly because it was the same judge that tried him two years
earlier for disorder.
- The Treaty of Versailles
destabilised Germany politically
but was blamed for economic
chaos.
- April 1921
reparations bill for the
treaty was announced.
6,600 million pounds
had to be paid in
annual instalments.
- 2% of Germany's
annual output.
Germans
protested it was a
strain on the
economy which
was struggling to
rebuild after the
war, this was
ignored.
- 2% of Germany's
annual output.
Germans
protested it was a
strain on the
economy which
was struggling to
rebuild after the
war, this was
ignored.
- 1921 50 million pounds was
paid but nothing in 1922.
- January 1923 French and Belgian troops
entered the Ruhr (under the Treaty of
Versailles) and began to help themselves
to what was owed to them.
- Government ordered German
workers to carry out passive
resistance (go on strike)- there
would be nothing for France to
take.
- France
reacted
harshly, killing
over 100
workers and
expelling over
100,000
protesters from
the region.
- The halt in industrial
production in Germany's
most important region
caused the collapse of the
German currency.
- France
reacted
harshly, killing
over 100
workers and
expelling over
100,000
protesters from
the region.
- Government ordered German
workers to carry out passive
resistance (go on strike)- there
would be nothing for France to
take.
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