Germany blobs 1-4

Cards (64)

  • during WW1, how many German soldiers were involved/died/injured
    11m; 2m died, 4m injured
  • other than low farming production, why were people in Germany starving during WW1
    British Naval Blockade
  • what happened to farming production in Germany during WW1 and why
    halved because of conscription
  • what happened as a result of starvation in Germany during WW1
    750k died from malnutrition and disease
  • when was the Ludendorff offensive
    1918
  • when was land gained during the Ludendorff offensive taken back
    during the allied counter-offensive
  • who led the Kaiser's gov in late 1918
    Baden
  • when did the Kaiser abdicate
    9 nov 1918
  • who led the government after the Kaiser abdicated

    Ebert and the SPD prov gov
  • what happened in the 1919 elections + who became president
    no single party majority, Ebert president
  • what group did the KPD set up

    Spartacists
  • when were the Spartacists set up
    1918
  • who led the Spartacists
    Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
  • when was the Spartacist Uprising
    1919
  • how many were involved in the Spartacist Uprising
    100k
  • who were the Freikorps
    unemployed ex-soldiers
  • who crushed the Spartacist Uprising
    Freikorps and army
  • how many were killed during the repression of the Spartacist Uprising
    100 communists, including their leaders
  • by using the Freikorps to repress the Spartacists, what had Ebert done
    undermined the SPD
  • what is war guilt

    article 231 blames Germany
  • when was ToV signed
    1919
  • how many people did Germany lose in ToV
    6m
  • how much industry did Germany lose in ToV
    10%
  • what was the Germany army limited to in ToV
    100k soldiers
  • what part of Germany was demilitarised in ToV
    Rhineland
  • how many reparations did Germany have to pay
    £6.6b
  • how many coalitions were there in the Weimar Constitution from 1919-23
    9
  • what were 2 negatives about Weimar Constitution
    article 48 and states could be hostile to gov
  • when was Kapp Putsch
    1920
  • what caused Kapp Putsch
    Freikorps disbanded, so rebelled
  • who supported Kapp
    the army
  • who did Ebert appeal to during the Kapp Putsch
    the people of Berlin
  • what did the people of Berlin do during the Kapp Putsch and why
    striked because they preferred the SPD gov to Kapp
  • after how many days did the Kapp gov collapse
    4
  • who did the justice system in Germany favour
    right-wing
  • how many political murders were done by the right-wing 1919-22
    354/376
  • when did France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr
    1923
  • why did France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr
    Germany failed to pay their reparations
  • what did the German workers do during the occupation of the Ruhr
    passive resistance - refused to work for the allies
  • how were the strikers seen during the occupation of the Ruhr
    as heroes standing up for Germany