The Allies won the First World war for a variety of reasons.
The political situation in Germany for most of the war was a “State of Siege” which began on the 31st of July 1914, and transferred the administration of Germany (except Bavaria) to local army commanders who were above pre-existing civilian authorities in an attempt to secure the volume of raw materials required by the army to fight this war, an early example of the State intervening into the economic organisation of Germany.
…companies nationalised to help supply demand?.
The German Army High Command in 1916 openly set out to limit the power held by parliament, to discipline workers, and to introduce the compulsory direction of labour - by removing anybody following the policies …show more content…
7th of April 1917, America becomes an ally.
The fall of the Russian Tsar in 1917 made it easier for America to join the war it had been selling as a ‘war for democracy’.
Germany took the step of sending Lenin to Russia themselves because they were certain that whatever action he took, it would pull Russia out of the war and leave them to concentrate far more on the West. In order to help the Bolsheviks succeed, the Germans also took sent money from their secret service budget to help them .
Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary openly started looking for a peace treaty on the 14th of September 1918, and Bulgaria opened up the possibility of an Armistice on the 27th of September. By the 28th, Ludendorff had realised that if Germany was to retain any of its army, and immediate armistice was essential – but he wanted a new government to sign it and take responsibility for this so that the army would be able to claim innocence as opposed to the evil politicians who had stabbed it in the back.
December 1916 Asquith resigns and Lloyd George takes over .
French political mess 1917 Joll214->
The Spanish flu epidemic in 1918 hit Germany before the
The political situation in Germany for most of the war was a “State of Siege” which began on the 31st of July 1914, and transferred the administration of Germany (except Bavaria) to local army commanders who were above pre-existing civilian authorities in an attempt to secure the volume of raw materials required by the army to fight this war, an early example of the State intervening into the economic organisation of Germany.
…companies nationalised to help supply demand?.
The German Army High Command in 1916 openly set out to limit the power held by parliament, to discipline workers, and to introduce the compulsory direction of labour - by removing anybody following the policies …show more content…
7th of April 1917, America becomes an ally.
The fall of the Russian Tsar in 1917 made it easier for America to join the war it had been selling as a ‘war for democracy’.
Germany took the step of sending Lenin to Russia themselves because they were certain that whatever action he took, it would pull Russia out of the war and leave them to concentrate far more on the West. In order to help the Bolsheviks succeed, the Germans also took sent money from their secret service budget to help them .
Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary openly started looking for a peace treaty on the 14th of September 1918, and Bulgaria opened up the possibility of an Armistice on the 27th of September. By the 28th, Ludendorff had realised that if Germany was to retain any of its army, and immediate armistice was essential – but he wanted a new government to sign it and take responsibility for this so that the army would be able to claim innocence as opposed to the evil politicians who had stabbed it in the back.
December 1916 Asquith resigns and Lloyd George takes over .
French political mess 1917 Joll214->
The Spanish flu epidemic in 1918 hit Germany before the