HST 802 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Erich Ludendorff, Dawes Plan, Volksgemeinschaft
Document Summary
Germany and the aftermath of the first world war. The first world war changed europe dramatically: europe was dominated by age old emperors, many countries in europe were the product of world war 1. During the first world war of germans died of starvation. Following the abdication of kaiser wilhelm 2, a new democratic germany, known as the. Ger(cid:373)a(cid:374)y had (cid:271)ee(cid:374) (cid:862)sta(cid:271)(cid:271)ed i(cid:374) the (cid:271)a(cid:272)k(cid:863) a(cid:374)d sold out (cid:271)y pacifists and democrats on the home front: the treaty of versailles took parts of. Europe; poland and france to give them access to the sea. Roughly 14% of germany was cut off: german militaries were cut to 100,000 men total. The treaty said that the germans had to pay for all the damage because they caused the damage until 1988, 40 years later. Germans wanted to destroy the treaty of versailles, revenge the treaty. German democracy was tainted by the treaty and by the defeat of the war.
