First world war

• When did world war 1 begin and end?

  1914-1918
• two million German troops died and over 4 million wounded(11 million fought in total)
• more than over 75000 Germans died because of food shortages
• government debts increased from 50 billion marks to 150 billion marks.
• who was Friedrich Ebert?

  German politician and leader of the social democratic party who became the first German president and declared Germany a republic.
• why did the end of the First World War lead to economic and and political problems for Germany?

  treaty of Versailles
• what was the treaty of Versailles?

  peace treaty that would lead to the end of World War One