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What problems did Germany face after ww1 and how were they overcome?

What problems did Germany face after WW1
and how were they overcome?

A ‘crisis is strictly the point in a disease where the patient is finely balanced between recovery on one side and death on the other. The Weimar republic experienced two periods of crisis. The first was between 1919-1923, from which it recovered. The second, between 1929 and 1933 killed it. The crisis of 1919-23 had three causes. One was an external cause, which was the treatment of Germany by the allies. The others were internal, economic collapse and the political putsches; all of these were interconnected. Germany had surrended to the allies on 11 November 1918, two days after the formation of the republic. In June 1919 the terms of the treaty of Versailles were announced and Germany was held to be ‘guilty’ of causing the First World War and all of the damage resulting from it. Hence, the German nation was expected to pay compensation.

The aim of this essay is to investigate the problems that German...

Posted by: Jack Drewes

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