what was the political condition of Germany after the first world war?
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The Political Impact of World War I
There is a lot that can be said of the political effects of World War I, so we'll try to focus on the highlights. This will be rather 'rapid-fire' in terms of content, so hang on tight. Here we go.
Under the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was required to make significant territorial concessions. These were primarily along its eastern and western borders. Probably the most important concession was the ceding ofAlsace-Lorraine to France. This area had been the subject of dispute between France and Germany for a long time. This area bordering the two countries had been ceded to Germany following its victory in the Franco-Prussian War in 1871.
For decades afterwards, France wanted it back. Emerging as victorious powers in World War I, France and Great Britain jointly controlled Saarland for a period of fifteen years. Other parts of Germany were given to the newly independent country of Poland and to Denmark.
There is a lot that can be said of the political effects of World War I, so we'll try to focus on the highlights. This will be rather 'rapid-fire' in terms of content, so hang on tight. Here we go.
Under the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was required to make significant territorial concessions. These were primarily along its eastern and western borders. Probably the most important concession was the ceding ofAlsace-Lorraine to France. This area had been the subject of dispute between France and Germany for a long time. This area bordering the two countries had been ceded to Germany following its victory in the Franco-Prussian War in 1871.
For decades afterwards, France wanted it back. Emerging as victorious powers in World War I, France and Great Britain jointly controlled Saarland for a period of fifteen years. Other parts of Germany were given to the newly independent country of Poland and to Denmark.
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The First World War, which began in the Summer of 1914 and ended in November 1918, claimed around twenty million lives. The war ended empires and disrupted political systems and economies across the world.
In April 1917, the United States of America joined the war against Germany. Arriving on the battlefields in 1918, the American army was well trained and equipped, while the Germany army was exhausted. The British navy blockaded German ports, starving German industry of raw materials and the people of food. Between April and August 1918, the German army decided to make one last, determined effort to win the war. They had early successes, but were quickly overwhelmed. By the autumn of 1918, the Germans were losing and senior generals could see that defeat was inevitable. Peace negotiations began and an armistice was signed on 11 November 1918. After four years and millions of lives lost, the guns fell silent.
In Germany, impending defeat triggered a revolution and brought down the German Emperor, the Kaiser. In this section you will find out about the circumstances in which the new democratic German state, The Weimar Republic, came into existence after the First World War
As the war came to an end, the German nation was in a state of collapse. On 29th October 1918, sailors at the German naval base at Kiel refused to obey an order to attack British ships. The German sailors set up councils in order to defy their superiors. Only a year earlier, councils like these, set up by workers in Russia, had led to a communist revolution. Many people feared Germany would end up like Russia, with a communist dictatorship and civil war. By 6th November, the revolution had spread to many German cities and even to soldiers fighting on the Western Front
Kaiser Wilhelm was the Emperor of Germany and Commander-in-Chief of the German armed forces. On 9 November 1918, with defeat certain and a revolution underway, Wilhelm was forced to abdicatehis throne and flee Germany.
Without the Emperor, the Germans had no strong leader in charge of the country. There were different groups who thought now was the time to make changes to the way the country was governed. Some of them believed that Germany should become a democracy, but others believed that strong, military leadership was the only way to keep society safe. Some thought that communism, where everyone was equal, but controlled by a strong state, was a fairer way of living.
Eventually, power was handed to the leader of the moderate left-wing Social Democratic Party, Friedrich Ebert. This did not stop the food shortages or the civil unrest and street battles between rival political groups.
In late 1918 and early 1919 revolutions spread throughout Germany. In the region of Bavaria, in the south, a communist state was established in the capital Munich. In January 1919 revolution threatened Berlin itself. Chancellor Ebert saw that democratic rule was under threat, so he called in the German army and the Freikorps (ex-soldiers who banded together to form small private armies).
They crushed the revolution in Munich and executed the leaders. Although Chancellor Ebert used the army and the Freikorps to crush the Bavarian communists, there were still revolutionaries in other German cities, and fear of revolution still threatened peace in Germany.
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The First World War, which began in the Summer of 1914 and ended in November 1918, claimed around twenty million lives. The war ended empires and disrupted political systems and economies across the world.
In April 1917, the United States of America joined the war against Germany. Arriving on the battlefields in 1918, the American army was well trained and equipped, while the Germany army was exhausted. The British navy blockaded German ports, starving German industry of raw materials and the people of food. Between April and August 1918, the German army decided to make one last, determined effort to win the war. They had early successes, but were quickly overwhelmed. By the autumn of 1918, the Germans were losing and senior generals could see that defeat was inevitable. Peace negotiations began and an armistice was signed on 11 November 1918. After four years and millions of lives lost, the guns fell silent.
In Germany, impending defeat triggered a revolution and brought down the German Emperor, the Kaiser. In this section you will find out about the circumstances in which the new democratic German state, The Weimar Republic, came into existence after the First World War
As the war came to an end, the German nation was in a state of collapse. On 29th October 1918, sailors at the German naval base at Kiel refused to obey an order to attack British ships. The German sailors set up councils in order to defy their superiors. Only a year earlier, councils like these, set up by workers in Russia, had led to a communist revolution. Many people feared Germany would end up like Russia, with a communist dictatorship and civil war. By 6th November, the revolution had spread to many German cities and even to soldiers fighting on the Western Front
Kaiser Wilhelm was the Emperor of Germany and Commander-in-Chief of the German armed forces. On 9 November 1918, with defeat certain and a revolution underway, Wilhelm was forced to abdicatehis throne and flee Germany.
Without the Emperor, the Germans had no strong leader in charge of the country. There were different groups who thought now was the time to make changes to the way the country was governed. Some of them believed that Germany should become a democracy, but others believed that strong, military leadership was the only way to keep society safe. Some thought that communism, where everyone was equal, but controlled by a strong state, was a fairer way of living.
Eventually, power was handed to the leader of the moderate left-wing Social Democratic Party, Friedrich Ebert. This did not stop the food shortages or the civil unrest and street battles between rival political groups.
In late 1918 and early 1919 revolutions spread throughout Germany. In the region of Bavaria, in the south, a communist state was established in the capital Munich. In January 1919 revolution threatened Berlin itself. Chancellor Ebert saw that democratic rule was under threat, so he called in the German army and the Freikorps (ex-soldiers who banded together to form small private armies).
They crushed the revolution in Munich and executed the leaders. Although Chancellor Ebert used the army and the Freikorps to crush the Bavarian communists, there were still revolutionaries in other German cities, and fear of revolution still threatened peace in Germany.
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