What was the effect of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany?
Supporters of the government felt betrayed by the Allies - they should not have been punished so harshly now the Kaiser had gone.
Opponents of the government were furious with Ebert and the socialists.
The stab-in-the-back myth began - people thought that the German army could have fought on and won, but had been betrayed by the leaders of the Weimar Republic.
