HST 702 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Georg Michaelis, Intec Digital, Erich Ludendorff
9 Dec 2013
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1 - political and social crisis in germany. Hindenburg and ludendorff had been given power: hunger and discontent. By 1917: german people are very unhappy. 3/4 a million died by the end of the war due to malnutrition and starvation. Bread riots begin (similar to the women protesting that sparked the russian. German people demanding peace: the reichstag and military budgets. Kaiser made sure they had these powers to legitimize. Parliament has power of granting and withholding the necessary funds to fight the war. 1914: all the parties are behind the war so they approve budgets no problem. By 1917: germans are very unhappy: the peace resolution and the fatherland party. Rejecting the continuing fighting of the war for the purposes of territorial gain. Peace needs to be made as soon as possible. Hindenburg and ludendorff tell kaiser to get rid of bettman-holvig and replace with a new guy.
