GERMANY 1

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  • Germany
    • Kaiser Wilhelm
      • 1888- Wanted a Weltpolitik which was a world policy to create an Empire and didn't want to be challenged by the Reichstag
        • Wilhelm led Germany to WW1
          • Impacts of WW1
            • Germany began the war well invading France
              • The war became a war of attrition and WAR WEARINESS
                • There were food shortages, malnutrition and disease
                  • On the frontline, Germany was at a stalemate and soldiers were suffering in the trenches
                    • In the Battle of the Somme hundreds of thousands were killed on both sides
      • 1890-1914 the economy was boosted with Iron/coal/steel production etc increasing
        • Navy Laws- Wilhelm always wanted to rival Britain so in 1898 he went against the SPD to build 7 battleships and after 1900 more naval laws were passed leading to an arms race
      • In 1891 he had to introduce the Workers protection act as the SPD had gained popularity in the Reichstag
    • The end of WW1
      • In 1915, 500 women gathered in front of the reichstag and demanded that there men were sent home
        • In 1916, 10,000 workers assembled in Berlin to riot
          • Naval blockade led to more vulnerability and a deadly flu epidemic killed thousands
      • Post War Germany
        • Armistice signed in Nov 1918
          • Novermber criminals and the Treaty of Versailles (1919)
            • Weimar republic formed with Freidrich Ebert (SPD) as leader
            • War Guilt- Germany had to admit it was responsible for WW1
            • League of Nations- set up to keep world peace but Germany wasn't allowed in
        • Territories- Germany lost its colonies, Alsace Lorraine and North Shleswig
        • Raparations- £66 Billion owed
          • WEIMAR
            • Democracy
              • ARTICLE 48
                • Proportional representation
        • Armed Forces- 100,000 men, 6 battleships, no tanks/submarines
    • Uprising and Extremism
      • Spartacist uprising 1919
        • Communists tried to take over Berlin so Ebert ordered the Freikorps to stop them
          • Karl Leibnecht and Rosa Luxembourg assasinatted
      • Kapp Putsch
        • Leader Wolfgang Kapp led the Freikorps to overthrow Berlin but there were rebellions and it failed
          • Red Rising- Once Kapp fled many stayed on strike in the Ruhr so the Freikorps were sent in and killed 1000
            • MUNICH PUTSCH 1923
              • Hitler interrupted a beer hall and demanded Von Kahr, Seisser and Lossow to join him in riot
                • Von Kahr allerted police so they were caught as they marched through Berlin
    • Hyperinflation
      • The government printed more money to cover its reparations so money was worthless
        • Stressemann
          • Leader of German Peoples party, Chancellor in 1923 and solved Hyperinflation
            • In 1924 he also became foreign minister and improved relations with the Big 3

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