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Germany 1919-1939 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - the Kaiser chose who the Chancellor was so the Chancellor could do what he wanted
    - - MP's didn't have much power
    - - spent millions building up a strong army for war
      - borrowed millions trying to win the war
    - - loved their military tradition
      - felt that being told what to do was a sign of a strong Government
    - - the Kaiser links to the German people being obsessed with their military past
      - one of the reasons no one supported the Weimar Republic was because they were used to being told what to do
    - - physical and financial effects
        
        faming had been disrupted by the war
        
        by 1918, Germany was producing only half the milk and 60% of the meat it needed
        
        the British Navy was blockading German ports
        
        they could not get food from other countries
        
        around 750,000 Germans died from hunger and disease
        
        Germany had borrowed money to pay for the war
        
        they were now effectively bankrupt
      - "the Stab in the Back"
        
        it was the army that signed the surrender
        
        people started saying that it was the new Government to blame
        
        people couldn't understand why Germany had lost the war when they hadn't been invaded
        
        army pretended politicians were to blame
      - political effects
        
        all that was left of a Government were the Reichstag parties that previously had no real power or experience running a Government
        
        Kaiser put many of the best opposition leaders in prison during the war
        
        even fewer able men to take power
      - psychological effects
        
        Germany was a proud, ambitious country
        
        they worked hard and made sacrifices to win the war
        
        throughout the war they were assured by their leaders that they could win
        
        losing was devastating to people's pride
        
        they automatically looked for someone to blame
        
        felt that weak politicians in the New Weimar Republic had cost them the war