PPT-Germany and West Germany, 1918-1989

Wider Reading Academic Writing Fulbrook M A Concise History of Germany Cambridge University Press 2004 Hiden J The Weimar Republic Seminar Staudies in History Longman 1996. L/0 – To identify and evaluate the reasons for the German defeat. Events in 1918 - Timeline. The situation at the end of 1917. At the end of 1917, there was . stalemate. on the Western Front. However the Allies were in deep trouble:. L/O – To identify and explain the causes and effects of the Revolution. The German Revolution. In late 1918, there was . unrest . across the whole of Germany. The emperor fled for his life and a new government took control. These events are called the . Canada’s Hundred Days & Who’s to blame?. What’s happened so far?. Fighting on the Eastern Front. In 1917, German troops were split, fighting on the Eastern and Western fronts. . The Western Front was us (Britain & France) & the Eastern front was . What . effect did World War One have on Germany? . L.O 1: . I . can identify the conditions Germany faced in 1918.. L.O 2: . To . evaluate the options Germany had for her long term recovery. Starter: . Lecture . 17. 1989 and Reunification. Reasons for . the Collapse of the GDR. Domestic Factors. Economic problems. Growing dissatisfaction with regime. Pressure for reform. International Factors. Reform within the Soviet Union. ARMISTICE . The German surrender was the product of events in 1918. By the end of 1917, an Allied victory in Europe was far from certain. The Americans had come into the war – but Russia, overtaken by socialist revolutionaries, had pulled out. The threat of strikes – or worse still, a workers’ revolution – plagued the governments of all major powers. Across the continent support for the war slipped to its lowest level, the public weary of casualty lists, food shortages and promises of victory that never materialised. The Adenauer Era, 1949-63. HI290- History of Germany. The . Grundgesetz. (Basic Law). Established . the Federal Republic of Germany as a federal parliamentary democracy with separation of powers between the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of government.. of the Berlin Wall. In partial completion of MEDT 7477. For . Dr. O.P. Cooper. By . Has Slone. Berlin. US. UK. French. USSR. Truman Doctrine. March 12, 1947. "the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." Truman reasoned, because these "totalitarian regimes" coerced "free peoples," they represented a threat to international peace and the national security of the United States.. 1917 -1918. America – Isolationist No More. Although America did not declare war on Germany until 1917, she had been involved in the war from the beginning supplying the allies with weapons and supplies.. L/O – To identify and explain the causes and effects of the Revolution. The German Revolution. In late 1918, there was . unrest . across the whole of Germany. The emperor fled for his life and a new government took control. These events are called the . Want this PowerPoint?. www.michaelmolkentin.com. In explaining the outcome of the Great War how important was the home front relative to the battle front?. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. What?. Total war is the commitment of a nation’s entire human and material resources to the attainment of victory in an armed conflict. . The Weimar Republic 1918-33. Hitler and the Nazi Party 1919-33. The Nazi Dictatorship 1933-39. How Hitler became Fuhrer. The Police State. The Churches. Propaganda. Why there was little opposition. Nazi Domestic Policies 1933-39. The Weimar Republic 1918-33. Hitler and the Nazi Party 1919-33. The Early Years of the Nazi Party. The Munich Putsch. Nazis in the Wilderness. The Wall Street Crash. How did Hitler become Chancellor. Lecture 5. The July Crisis. 28 June:. Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo.. 5 July:. Kaiser Wilhelm II offers Germany’s unconditional support (the ‘blank cheque’) to Austria-Hungary..