Impact of WW1 Flashcards

1
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Who were the allies at the start WW1?

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  • British
  • French
  • Russians
  • Serbs
  • Belgians
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2
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Who were against the allies?

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  • Germany

* Austrians

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3
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Why were so many ordinary Germans ill?

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  • Britain used their navy to prevent supply ships reaching Germany
  • Germany was in shortage of food, medicines and clothes
  • there was a flu epidemic sweeping the country
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4
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What was the response from German workers?

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•In 1916 10,000 workers assembled in Berlin and shouted “Down with the war, down with the government”

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5
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In 1918 what hero advised the kaiser?

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  • Ludendorff

* he advised the kaiser to share more of his power with the parliament and transfer some of his power to the Reichstag

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6
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When did the German Navy revise orders at sea to attack British ships?

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  • 28th October 1918

* they set up councils in towns and ran them

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7
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When did the kaiser abdicate?

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9th November 1918

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8
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When did Germany surrender from WW1?

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11th November 1918

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9
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What were the people that ended the war known as?

A

The November criminals

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10
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What was the cost of reparations?

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£6.6 billion

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11
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Why were war pensions going to be so expensive?

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There were 60,000 war widows and two million children without fathers

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12
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Why had the German economy dropped?

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The factories had used all their resources for weapons not to sell things abroad and make money

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13
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What crisis was caused by the war in 1923?

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Hyperinflation crisis

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14
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Why were Germany in debt after the war?

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They had borrowed money from other countries which they had to pay back

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15
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What were the social impacts of the war on Germans?

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  • women had worked in factories in the war, this damaged traditional family values
  • workers were unhappy with wages and leadership
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16
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Political impacts of war

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  • Germany was full of revolution

* people refused to support the Weimar Republic as they saw them as the November criminals

17
Q

Reparations of the Treaty of Versailles?

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  • £6.6billion

* set in instalments every year

18
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Treaty of Versailles army condutions

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  • army reduced to 100,000 men
  • rearmament prohibited
  • Navy limited to 15,000 men and 6 battleships
  • no submarines, tanks or Air Force
  • Rhineland demilitarised
19
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Territorial conditions in treaty of Versailles

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  • Germany lost 10% of its land
  • Germany’s colonies under control of the league
  • Anschluss with Austria forbidden
  • Alsace-Loraine given to France
  • Eupen and Malmedy to Belgium
  • North Schleswig to Denmark
  • Danzig and Saar under control of league
  • Germany split in two giving Poland access to sea
20
Q

What was Article 231 and why was it so bad?

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  • the war guilt clause
  • meant Germany had to take full responsibility for the war
  • embarrassing
  • meant they received all the punishments