EffectsofWW1onGermany:

Politicalrepercussions
GermanyisnowademocraticgovernmentundertheWeimarRepublicFreikorps
vsSpartacistuprising.
ABillofRightsguaranteedeveryGermancitizenfreedomofspeechandreligion,
andequalityunderthelaw.
Allmenandwomenovertheageof20weregiventhevote.Thiswasevenbetter
thanBritainwhereonlywomenover30couldvote.
TherewasanelectedpresidentandanelectedReichstag(parliament).
TheReichstagmadethelawsandappointedthegovernment,whichhadtodowhat
theReichstagwanted.

Social/Women
Womenbecamesoimportant
Theytookoverjobsmenweredoing.
Womengottherighttovote

Territorial
AnschlussGermanywasnotallowedtounitewithAustria.
LandGermanylostlandtoanumberofothercountries.AlsaceLorrainewas
returnedtoFrance,EupenandMalmedyweregiventoBelgium,NorthSchleswig
wasgiventoDenmark.LandwasalsotakenfromGermanyandgivento
CzechoslovakiaandPoland.TheLeagueofNationstookcontrolofGermany's
colonies

successes/failuresofpeacemaking:
ParisPeaceTreaty:
GermanycouldnotrejectthetermsoftheTreaty;theywereforcedtoacceptit.The
treatywasadiktattoGermany.TheoutcomeofthiswasthatGermanylost10%ofits
land,allofitsoverseascolonies.12.5%ofitspopulation.16.5%ofitsCoalfieldsandhalf
ofitsironandsteelindustry.
ThereactionsofGermanywereoutofcontrol.TheGermanPublicfeltasiftheyhavenot
evenlostawar,astherewasalotofconfusiongoing.TheybelievedthatGermany
shouldnothavebeenconsideredadefeatedcountry,becauseGermanyonlyagreedto
Ceasefire.Thetermsofthetreatyangeredthepublicevenmore,especiallywhenthe
governmentandthePublichadnosayoranyvoicetowardsthetreaty.Germanycould
notkeeponfightingastheyweredestinedtolose,andthisleftthemnochoicebut
signingtotheTermsoftheTreaty.
Warguiltandreparations;MadeGermanylookliketheenemyoftheworldandisifthey
didntbelonganywhereandwerenotaccepted.ThereparationscrippledtheGerman

economy,andfoodandworkbecamescarce.TheprideanddignityofGermanywaslost
asitlostitsempireandpowerwithoutavoicetocounteractit.

Demographic
3.8%ofGermanypopulationsdeadfromWW1.

Economic:
Hyperinflation:1923DuetothefrenchinvasionoftheRuhr=Germanyfellbackon
reparations,ithadtoprintmoney,wentintoanecocrisis
Severerestrictionsonthesizeofthegermanarmy
1935Conscription:raisedstrengthoftheGermanarmy,from100,000mento21
divisions.By1939itwas103divisions,around3millionmen.
Armoureddivisions,2,400tanks.
Thegermanairforce,whichwasbannedbyversailleshadaround4,000aircraftsby
1939.
Navyalsoexpanded.
Germanywasincapableofsustainingastableeconomyin1939ifawarwereto
occur.
Overhalfofitsgovernmentexpenditurewenttorearmamentconsumingover15%of
theGNP.
GermanyitselfwasbeingstarvedoffoodandallgoodsasaresultoftheBritish
Navysblockadeofherportsinthenorth.Withsuchasmallcoastline,theBritish
Navyfounditarelativelyeasytasktoblockadeher.Germantroopswerepoorly
equippedandwhatfoodtherewaswenttothewareffortleavingthepeopleof
Germanyveryshortoffood.
Dawes Plan: Make reparations affordable.
Late 20s: Golden Age. -- Cabaret, art, gay rights, music, movies.
Germany spent 39 billion $ on WW1.