"Long live the great German Republic!" ("Schenker Documents Online") was the focus of what Philipp Scheidemann tried to achieve during his life. He was a German, part of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) of Germany, and a strong supporter of government ruled by the people and the officials they elected. He started off as a printer for the SPD and worked his way up into leadership roles. Scheidemann is most famously known for being head of the SPD and proclaiming Germany to be a republic (Braun). Though he set out to help Germany in the Treaty of Versailles talks, it didn’t end up working in Germany’s favor at the end of it. Although Scheidemann resigned because he refused to sign the treaty, his leadership did play an integral part of how
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This can best be seen by the quote, “Scheidemann became one of the First World War's earliest and most enthusiastic supporters in 1914” (Duffy). Even though Scheidemann was wanting to take the defensive approach to the war, he still strongly believed that Germany should be fighting in WWI. Due to the fact that he was such a great orator, he could have easily talked his colleagues into supporting the war too. Though Scheidemann supported the war, he didn’t agree with the Third Supreme Command’s annexationist war plans. They wanted to incorporate the lands that Germany had conquered so far from the war into its political structure. Scheidemann just wanted the land to be governed by the German political system, not wanting to have them get a say in the dealings with …show more content…
Germany strongly believed that they didn’t start the war. It was Scheidemann’s goal to have all the other countries not punish Germany. Due to the fact that Germany puts so much money into building up their army and producing supplies needed, they couldn’t afford to pay off damages caused by their bombings on towns. I have the goal to keep Austria and Alsace-Lorraine because Germany believes that they should control the lands that they gained from the war. One of the reasons that Germany was involved in WWI was because they wanted to expand their empire. Since Germany successfully captured those lands and never lost them, they believe they own it. It is my job to make sure that Germany gets to keep those lands. The last goal that I had was to make sure Germany didn’t go to war again. The same reasons as to why they couldn’t be punished economically, apply to this one too. Germany didn’t have the money to be able to afford to keep fighting in the war. They had lost a good amount of their soldiers and couldn’t afford to send the weak ones back out. If they were to send the weak soldiers back out, they would have lost all the progress they made before they came to the
This can best be seen by the quote, “Scheidemann became one of the First World War's earliest and most enthusiastic supporters in 1914” (Duffy). Even though Scheidemann was wanting to take the defensive approach to the war, he still strongly believed that Germany should be fighting in WWI. Due to the fact that he was such a great orator, he could have easily talked his colleagues into supporting the war too. Though Scheidemann supported the war, he didn’t agree with the Third Supreme Command’s annexationist war plans. They wanted to incorporate the lands that Germany had conquered so far from the war into its political structure. Scheidemann just wanted the land to be governed by the German political system, not wanting to have them get a say in the dealings with …show more content…
Germany strongly believed that they didn’t start the war. It was Scheidemann’s goal to have all the other countries not punish Germany. Due to the fact that Germany puts so much money into building up their army and producing supplies needed, they couldn’t afford to pay off damages caused by their bombings on towns. I have the goal to keep Austria and Alsace-Lorraine because Germany believes that they should control the lands that they gained from the war. One of the reasons that Germany was involved in WWI was because they wanted to expand their empire. Since Germany successfully captured those lands and never lost them, they believe they own it. It is my job to make sure that Germany gets to keep those lands. The last goal that I had was to make sure Germany didn’t go to war again. The same reasons as to why they couldn’t be punished economically, apply to this one too. Germany didn’t have the money to be able to afford to keep fighting in the war. They had lost a good amount of their soldiers and couldn’t afford to send the weak ones back out. If they were to send the weak soldiers back out, they would have lost all the progress they made before they came to the