germany at the end of WW1 Flashcards
By summer 1918 it was obvious germany could not win the war
The usa jad brought freash trouos and weapons to the western front. Germany was in retreat
With germany loosing the war the government where ready to accept peace
In novemner 1918 president wilsons 14 point peace plan was acepted by getman government despite enitial rejection
The keiser abdicated on 10th of November 1918
This was stated in 14-point peace plan he left germany for holland but germany where now without a leader
British blockade of navel ships was having a serious impact
No ships could enter germany which ment no cloths, food, fuel, medecine or chemicals
Getman citizens where exhasting and suffering
Coal shortages led to power cuts, rationing was tightened - people where starving amd thousands dying of spanish flu
German people so unhappy that a revolution seemed likely
Ideology and pholosophy of russioan revolution was spreading