Weimar Germany AQA GCSE

January 1919

• The Spartacist Revolt
• Spartacists communist left wing ex-soldiers
• Spartacists argued against Eberts Plans for democracy
• Some Anti-Communists became Freikorps
• Gov Used Freikorps to stop the revolt.

May 1919

• Communist revolt in Bavaria - Freikorps Used again

June 1919

• Treaty of Versailles terms announced

Terms

• 10% of Land
• All Overseas Colonies
• 12.5 Of Population
• 16% of Coal
• 48% of Iron
• Blame for starting the war
• Army reduced to 100,000 men
• No airforce
• Navy Reduced

• National Socials Lead by Drexler

March 1920

• 5000 Freikorps in Berlin in the Kapp Putsch
• Stopped a take over by a general strike from the people
• No Transport, No Power and No water
• Hitler joined the National Socialists

March 1921

• Hitler became head of the National Socialists
• The SA was established

Sumemr 1922

• Extremists Killed Walter Rathenau
• Eberts foreign minister

January 1923

• The invasion of the Ruhr by France and Belgium (Not paid reparations)
• Weimar Government ordered Passive Resistance
• Gov. printed money to pay the workers in the Ruhr
• This caused hyperinflation

August 1923

• Stresemenn took over the Weimar

November 1923

• Munich Putsch - Hitler's attempt to take over

1924

• Dawes Plan Introduced
• Loans from USA, Repirations over longer time, troops out of the Ruhr 
• Hitler imprisoned for Munich Putsch
• Mein Kampf written
• May Elections - Nazi's got 32 Seats

1925

• Locarno Treaties Signed
• Keep Germany's western border the same
• ** Set up 

1926

• Germany joined the League of nations
• Hindenburg Elected as president

1928

• Elections - Nazi's got 12 seats
• Germany was back to pre-war levels

1929

• Young Plan introduced
• Lightens the Reparations
• Stresemann died
• Wall Street Crash
• World Wide Depression