HISTORY 322 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Eugenics, Gustav Ritter Von Kahr, Megaphone

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Weimar-era ids: concepts, people, events, developments and their significance. Peace treaty conducted between imperial germany and russia in march 1918 at brest-litovsk in russia, after the russian revolution had broken out in february 1917 and effectively ended the war on the eastern front. The treaty provided a punitive peace that allocated vast amount of. The treaty of brest-litovsk was subsequently nullified by the. It was taken as the document to specify the rightful boundaries of the reich. It explains both the culture of defeat and undergirds the mythos of the german army"s vitality. As such it lends legitimacy to the stab-in- the-back legend and explains the popularity of hindenburg and ludendorff. Interestingly, in comparison to the treaty of brest-litovsk, the versailles treaty almost appears a soft peace. Week 2: total war & consequences + the crisis of defeat & revolutionary visions . Trench warfare/slow push on the western front. Killed by terrorists; germany pledges alliance with austria-hungary.