German hirtory 1918-1929

1919- january, spartacist uprising, ebert becomes president

1919- june, treaty of versailles is signed, weimar constitution adopted 

1920- kapp putsch fails, communist risings in the ruhr, Hitler become leader of the Nazi Party 

1923- january, french and belgian troops invade the ruhr, stresseman becomes chancellor 

1923- november, hiter attempts munich putsch, fails, currency reform brings in rentenmark followng hyperinflation 

1924- dawes plan is arranged 

1925- hindenburg becomes president, locarno treaties are agreed 

1926- germany joine league of nations 

1929- young plan agreed but never implemented, stressemn dies, wall street crash in USA plunges world into depression, loans are called back 

The Dawes Plan (as proposed by the Dawes Committee, chaired by Charles G. Dawes) was an attempt in 1924 to solve the World War I reparations problem that Germany had to pay, which had bedevilled international politics following World War I and the Treaty of Versailles.

The occupation of the Ruhr industrial area by France and Belgium contributed to the hyperinflation crisis in Germany, partially because of its disabling effect on the German economy.^[1] The plan provided for an end to the Allied occupation, and a staggered payment plan for Germany's payment of war reparations. Because the Plan resolved a serious international crisis, Dawes shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925 for his work.

It was an interim measure and proved unworkable.

In 1929 the German foreign minister Gustav Stresemann proposed that France, Germany and Belgium should recognize as permanent their frontiers that was agreed at Versallies. This included the promise not to send German troops into the Rhineland and the acceptance that Alsace-Lorraine was permantely part of France. The French foreign minister, Aristide Briand, agreed with Stressemann's proposals and signed the treaty. However, as Germany refused to guarantee its eastern frontiers France sought to give Poland and Czechoslovakia they security they required by signing treaties with them.

The Treaty of Locarno was signed in October 1925. This enabled Germany to be admitted to the League of Nations. However, Adolf Hitler tore up the treaty when he sent in the German Army into the Rhineland in 1936.