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defeat in WW1 2
German defeat in WW1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| when was war declared for Germany | 1914 |
| did the public support or condemn the war | support |
| what did Germany start war to achieve | overseas German empire |
| Burgfrieden | all German society unified for the greater good |
| what was another term for Burgfrieden | peace within the fortress |
| did the marxist SPD support or condemn the war | support |
| what did the government promise to earn SPD support | rewards for working class after war |
| what shortages were Germany facing by 1917 | food and resource |
| what made shortages worse in 1917 | Royal Navy Blockade of German Ports |
| what did the Reichstag vote for in July 1917? by how many votes (2) | -peaceful conclusion of the war -212-126 |
| what did German generals who dominated government do between 1916-1918 | virtual military dictatorship to block peaceful resolution |
| which military personal ran 1916 military dictatorship | General Ludendorff and Field Marshall Hindenburg |
| what war resolution did extreme nationalists want | peace through victory |
| what party was founded in 1917 | the fatherland party |
| who founded the fatherland party | Wolfgang Kapp and Admiral Tirpitz |
| what did the fatherland party campaign for | peace through victory |
| how many members did the fatherland party have by 1918 | over 1 million |
| why was winter 1917 called turnip winter | food shortages |
| list three problems Germany was facing in the war | inflation, resource shortages, USA had joined allies |
| when did USA join WW1 | 1917 |
| who was the Brest-Litvosk treaty between | Russia and Germany |
| what did Germany gain from the Brest-Litvosk treaty | territory in the East |
| what was the benefit of gaining territory in the East | Germany would only have to fight on one front |
| what did General Ludendorff do in 1918 | Spring Offensive |
| what did the economic crisis in Germany during WW1 cause | starvation,disease,less support for war |
| what did ludenforff launch the spring offensive in response to | USA joining the war |
| what initiated the treaty of brest-litvosk | germany's defeat of russia + russia's withdrawal from the war |
| what was the objective of the spring offensive | defeat the allies before US could ship resources across the atlantic |
| what was the economic impact of the spring offensive | worsened economic crisis |
| how many german solidiers were lost during the spring offensive | 400,000 |
| why did the loss of 400,000 german soldiers during the spring offensive worsen the economic crisis | necessitated intense war production in germany's alreay failing economy |
| when did germany admit defeat and sign an armistice to end fighting on the western front ending the war | November 11th 1918 |
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