Defeat / End of Monarchy

• 28 Oct 1918

  • Germany navy in Kiel mutinied
  • mutiny spread
• 1918 - Virtually bankrupt

  • had borrowed / lent lots of money between allies
  • factories exhausted
  • war pensions were going to cost the government a fortune
• 1918 - Society divided further

  • some factory owners had been made rich by the war, while workers had restrictions placed on their wages
  • some believed that women working during the war challenged typical family values
• 1918 - Politically unstable

  • mutiny and revolution all over the shop
  • many ex-soldiers and civilians felt politicians had betrayed them during the war