germany

• when was the armistice signed

  11th november 1918 - symbolised when the war ended
• when was the treaty of versailles signed

  28th june 1919
• what were reperations


  these were fines that were out towards paying for the damge caused by the war however were yet to be paid
• who replaced the kaiser

  weimar republic
• when was the kaiser abdicated

  9th october 1918
• why did the germans not see the treaty of versailles to be fair

  because they never saw the agreement and never agreed to sign it so they hoped it was fair, the treaty was forced onto them.
• what was germany blamed for

  they were blamed for starting/causing the war when really it was britain who bought it onto them
• what effect did germanys land see

  lost 13% of land to poland and czechoslovakia, lost 6 million people, troops were to not enter the rhineland, lost 16% coal and 48% iron
• how was the german army effected

  limited to 100,00 men, wasn't allowed planes or tanks, the navy was limited to 6 battleships and 6 cruisers with no submarines
• how much did germany have to pay in reperations

  in 1921 it was settled that they were to pay £6.6 billion in reperations
• who were the big three

  david lloyd george (britain), georges clemenseau (france), and woodrow wilson (usa)
• why were germany unable to pay reperations in 1923


  because they were bankrupt and had no gold reserves as back up so they could not pay anything
• why were france angered by germany being unable to pay reperations

  because france were in debt too and were waiting on germanys money
• consequences of hyperinflation


  food shortages so theft became common, many germans lost everything including their savings so they had to sell their houses to live, prices increased rapidly, workers were paid twice a day so they could spend their morning money before it lost its value in the afternoon
• hitlers personal appeal


  persuasive, good hand gestures, good speaker publicly.
• when did hitler become the DAP's head of propaganda

  january 1920
• when did hitler become the leader of the DAP

  july 1921
• what was the munich putch


  an uprising to overthrow the weimar republic and set up a nazi state
• consequences of the munich putch


  nazi party banned, uprising failed, hitler used his trial to gain nazi publicity, army or locals didnt support hitler, overconfident, outside munich no one knew who hitler was
• why did hitler call the bamberg confernece

  to try and heal the divisions and tensions between the nazi party
• employment in germany


  germany claimed to have full employment by the year 1939 however this excluded certain groups. jew were sacked and non jews took their jobs, women had to give up their job and give it to the men
• why were girls pictured with dolls

  to tell people that they were ready to be mothers and wives
• what classes were women sent to in order to learn about how to be a good wife

  cooking, sewing and childcare
• what look did women have to adopt

  plain clothes eg suits, hair tied back in plaites or just up in general, this was to stop the extravagance of what women should look like an dbe wearing in the 1920's