What was the state of the Weimar Republic in 1924?
The impact of the first world war was still being heavily felt in Germany in 1924. The war had caused Germany a whole heap of problems that they were struggling to solve and deal with. They had pay reparations to France and Britain which they didn’t have the money for due to the fact they did not find a way to pay for the war. Whereas for example Britain raised taxes. They had to pay the reparations as part of the Treaty of Versailles which said that Germany was at fault for the war and therefore had to pay reparations to the other countries. As well as dealing with the money issues that followed ww1 Germany was also dealing with the restrictions placed on the German army, which for a country of Germany’s size was …show more content…
The German people hated the treaty, although the government had very little choice and had to sign it. The people did not believe they were to blame for the war, they thought it was self-defence and the fact that the treaty said it was their fault angered them greatly. The treaty also affected the German army which was something the German people were very proud of. The conditions of the treaty meant that Germany was only allowed 100,000 soldiers in the army, navy to 15,000,6 battleships, no submarines and the air force had to be disbanded. This left Germany with a very small army for a country of Germany’s size and to many countries the size of their army was a big deal and showed how powerful the country was. As well as losing large parts of their army Germany also lost a lot of German territory. In all it lost about 13% of its land in total and former German colonies which contained around 5 million of its people were controlled by the League of Nations. Germany was also forbade by the treaty to join forces once more with former ally
The impact of the first world war was still being heavily felt in Germany in 1924. The war had caused Germany a whole heap of problems that they were struggling to solve and deal with. They had pay reparations to France and Britain which they didn’t have the money for due to the fact they did not find a way to pay for the war. Whereas for example Britain raised taxes. They had to pay the reparations as part of the Treaty of Versailles which said that Germany was at fault for the war and therefore had to pay reparations to the other countries. As well as dealing with the money issues that followed ww1 Germany was also dealing with the restrictions placed on the German army, which for a country of Germany’s size was …show more content…
The German people hated the treaty, although the government had very little choice and had to sign it. The people did not believe they were to blame for the war, they thought it was self-defence and the fact that the treaty said it was their fault angered them greatly. The treaty also affected the German army which was something the German people were very proud of. The conditions of the treaty meant that Germany was only allowed 100,000 soldiers in the army, navy to 15,000,6 battleships, no submarines and the air force had to be disbanded. This left Germany with a very small army for a country of Germany’s size and to many countries the size of their army was a big deal and showed how powerful the country was. As well as losing large parts of their army Germany also lost a lot of German territory. In all it lost about 13% of its land in total and former German colonies which contained around 5 million of its people were controlled by the League of Nations. Germany was also forbade by the treaty to join forces once more with former ally