Impact of the War On Germancy By 1918

Question 1

Germany had become more politically unstable

Answer 1

Before the war Germany had been a stable rich youth now there was mutiny and revolution

Many civilians and ex soldiers felt Germany could have won the war they felt they had been betrayed by the politicians/November criminals who had ended it and refused to stop them

Question 2

The war had divided German society further

Answer 2

Some factory owners made a fortune during the war, while German workers had restrictions placed on their wages

Women worked in the factory’s during the war. Some Germans thought this damaged tradition family values

Question 3

Germany was virtually bankrupt

Answer 3

Germany had lent some of its own money to its allies. Would they ever get this back?

The war left 60,000 war widows and two million children without fathers. War pensions would cost the government a fortune in the future

Question 4

Germany was virtually bankrupt 2

Answer 4

Germany had borrowed money from abroad (an example of this was the USA) to pay for the war. This would need paying back