Weimar Republic

• Why were the Weimar Republic disliked among many?

  They signed the Treaty of Versailles
• When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

  1919
• What did people label the Weimar Politicans?

  November Criminals
• What was the armistice signed?

  November 1918
• What is the acronym for the Treaty Of Versailles clauses?

  L.A.M.B (land, army, money, blame)
• What did the Treaty of Versailles do to the military?

  Demilitarised - 100,000 soldiers, 6 cruisers/battleships, 12 torpedo boats and no submarines, no air force, no military allowed in Rhineland
• What article made Germany take blame for the war?

  Article 231
• How much European territory did Germany lose? (Percentage)

  13%
• How many colonies did Germany lose?

  11
• What’s the left wing called?

  The Spartacists
• What is the right wing called?

  Freikorps
• Who led the spartacists?

  Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
• How much did Germany have to pay in reparations?

  £6.6 billion
• What is The Dolchstoss Theory?


  (Stab in the back myth) Belief Germany had not been defeated and were betrayed by their leaders.
• What did The Spartacists (left wing) want?


  Wanted the people to run Germany.

  Opposed communism
• What did the Freikorps (right wing) want?


  A powerful leader to run Germany

  Capitalism
• What was the Spartacist violence called?

  Spartacist Uprising
• What was the Freikorps violence called?

  The Kapp Putsch
• When was the Spartacist uprising?

  1919
• When was the Kapp Putsch?

  1920
• Who led the Freikorp's Kapp Putsch?

  Wolfgang Kapp
• Left wing


  Wanted the people to run Germany
• Right wing


  Wanted a powerful leader, opposed communism, supported capitalism, focused on individual interests over the nation
• Right wing views


  • Wanted a powerful leader
  • Opposed Weimar Republic and communism
  • Supported capitalism
  • Focused on individual interests over the nation
• The German Communist Party supported a strong army
• The Spartocist Rebellion occurred in 1919
• Spartocist Rebellion


  • Led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
  • Left wing violence
• Events of the Spartocist Rebellion

  1. 4th January: Ebert sacked the police chief, workers protested and seized government offices

  2. 6th January: Freikorps used to put down the revolt

  3. 16th January: Luxemburg and Liebknecht killed
• Workers went on strike in Berlin, taking over the government's newspaper and telegraph headquarters
• President Ebert sent the army and Freikorps (unemployed soldiers) to put down the Spartocist uprising
• The Spartoacist uprising failed and the leaders were killed
• Kapp Putsch


  Right wing violence led by Wolfgang Kapp and Freikorps units
• What happened in the Kapp Putsch

  1. The government orders that the Freikorps be disbanded

  2. The Freikorps marched into Berlin and forced the Weimar ministers to flee to Weimar

  3. The new leader of Germany, Wolfgang Kapp, ran away as the Putsch collapsed and the Weimar ministers returned
• Around 12,000 Freikorps were involved in the Kapp Putsch
• The Kapp Putsch


  Showed the weakness of the Weimar government
• The Kapp Putsch failed to overthrow the government permanently
• The Kapp Putsch was somewhat successful as it showed the weakness of the Weimar government
• The Kapp Putsch did not receive much support from the people as they had been stopped by them prior