What Led To The Creation Of The Weimar Republic Flashcards

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What happened on the 29th September 1918?

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Ludendorf called for armistice negotiations

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What happened on the 30th September 1918?

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Kaiser promised political reform

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What happened on the 1st October 1918?

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Prince Max of Baden formed a new government
- Kaiser appointed him as Chancellor
- Based on majority parties in the Reichstag

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What happened on the 3rd of October 1918?

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Prince Max’s letter to President Wilson
-Took 3 weeks for Wilson to actually reply as he was suspicious

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What happened on the 24th October 1918?

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Wilson replied to Prince Max’s request
- Demanded that Germany evacuate all occupied territory, call an end to submarine warfare and fully democratise its political system

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What happened on the 26th October 1918?

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Ludendorf resigned and fled to Sweden
- Terms of armistice were too much for him to accept, he tried but failed to gather support for a last ditch military effort to resist before fleeing

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What happened on the 28th of October 1918?

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Kaiser introduced further reforms, making the Chancellor accountable to the Reichstag

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What happened on the 30th October 1918?

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Naval mutiny at Wilhelmshaven
- Ships were ordered to attack British ships on the English channel but the crews of two cruises refused

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What happened on the 3rd November 1918?

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Naval mutiny spread to Kiel
- Sailors in Kiel mutinied againdt officers and took control of the base

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What happened on the 8th November 1918?

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Revolt in Bavaria
- Declaration of Bavarian Socialist Republic
- Bavarian monarchy was deposed

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What happened on the 9th November 1918?

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Declaration of a German Republic in Berlin and abdication of the Kaiser
- Caused by a general strike and a threat to withdraw support from Prince Max’s government by the SPD
- Prince Max knew he could not run his government without SPD so he released a press statement that the Kaiser had abdicated
- Groener told Kaiser that the army would no longer fight

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