German revolution

1. End of ww1 germanys imperial goverment replaced the Bavarian goverment with a republic
2. Because german workers, soldiors and sailors caused an uprising
3. Ebert became chancellor

November Criminals

• Nickname fo German politicians who sighned the armistice ending WW1
• in November 1918

Stab in he back myth

• Many right-wingers belived that the politicians signing the armistice was betrail
• They clamed that the politicians had 'stabbed Germany in th back'

Spartikist Revolt

• Led by Liebknecht and Luxemburg .The group emerged from the German Social Democratic Party (SPD)
• They wanted a Communist state
• December 1918 a revolt aagainst the goverment resulted in 16 spartikist deaths in response to this they formed the German Communist Party (KPD).
• In January the KPD attmpted to overthrough Ebert and the Weimar Goverment Ebert used the regular army  and the Berlin freikorps to put down the rebellion Luxemburg and Liebknecht were killed, 

The Freikorps

• Private armies which were mainly consisted of/set up by ex soldiors
• That were set up at the end of ww1
• These armies refused to dispand after the Weimar goverment imposed measures

Impact of the Treaty of Versailles

      L -land (Germany lost 13%of its land)

     A -army (German army was cut to 100,000 soldiors)

      M -money(Had to pay reperationds of £6.6 billion)

      B -blame(Germany had to take the blame for starting the war)

Kapp Putsch

• March 1920
• right wing leader and 5000 Freikorps tried to over thrrough Eberts goverment
• they felt like the t of v weakened Germany
• the army refused to shoot becaue the army had sympathy for there cause
•  was resolved by German workers went on strike causing Kapp to flee the country

Munich Putsch

• 8th november 1923
• Hitler and many nazis seized burgerbrau keller (a huge beer hall)
• were Kahr,Lossow and Seisser were attending a political meeting
• eventually winning promises off of them ,after the leaders had been held at gun point
• the leaders were allowed to go home and they told the police and Hitler got arrested.