HIS317H1 Lecture 2: Defeat, Revolution and the "Stab in the Back"- The Weimar Republic Begins, 1918-1923
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Weimar republic thought of itself as new". Broke up the monarchy, got rid of the three-class" voting system. Huge step forward for equal participation in the franchise. Process of constitutional reform overtake by a popular revolution brief but. Germany and the first world war (cid:1) (cid:1) The assassination of austrian archduke, franz ferdinand, june 28th 1914. Assassination of he and his wife in sarajevo, by serbian nationalists (the. Between the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand and the start of war. Blank cheque was a secret assurance between germany and austria- Hungary, in which germany would support austria-hungary no matter what it decides to do. What was at the moment a balkan war, could possibly be a full-fledged world war. Important for the later debate on who starts the war, that is who is responsible for the war. War aims: the september program", german aggression. For germany, to take several territories in europe and eventually achieve total continental domination.
