key topic 1

• debt increase of germany (1914 to 18) - crippled economy


  debt had increased from 50billion marks to 150 bn
• war deaths (during ww1)

  • 2 million troops died,
  • 4 million wounded
• post war results

  600,000 women as widows, 763,000 civilians died from starvation
• when did germany accept defeat (of the war)

  29th september 1918
• who told the kaiser that germany wasnt going to win?

  field marshall hindenburg and general ludendorff (military officers)
• when was a new more democratic government formed?

  3rd october 1918
• why did the kaiser abdicate?

  1. lost support of military
  2. 9th november 1918 lost support of advisors so was forced to abdicate
  3. leaders of the army also withdrew support
• when did germany end ww1

  • 11th november 1918
  • ebert (leader of the spd)signed an armastice
• when did ebert become the leader of the german republic?

  10th november 1918