Effects of WWI on Germany

Question 1

Physical effects of WWI

Answer 1

Agricultural and industrial work slowed

• 50% milk drop in production
• 60% butter and meat

Importing impossible because of the blockades
Starvation was faced by many German people
3/4 of a million Germans died from disease or hunger

Question 2

Political effects of WWI

Answer 2

Change in leader ship
Kaiser Willhelm II was forced to abdicate
- Reichstag was weak before the war
- Kaiser ruled Germany as a Military Dictatorship

Question 3

Psychological effects

Answer 3

Before the war Germans were proud affluent people.
- Clashed by the defeat in WWI
Germans look for someone to blame
Society famous for its obedience and unity now famous for conflict.
Anarchy in German cities and with soldiers returning from the front.
- Many protested te war and the Kaiser in the final months of the war