WEIMAR GERMANY DATES

29th September 1918

General Ludendorff and Field Marshall Hindenburg told Kasier Wilhem that the war could not be won and a democratic republic should be established

3rd October 1918

Hindenburg announced to the Reichstag that plans for a democratic government and Kaiser Wilhem appointed Prince Max of Baden to run the government

28th October 1918

Kiel Mutiny (soldier in the navy refused to follow the Kaiser’s orders - demonstrated that he had lost support from the military)

9th November 1918

Kaiser Wilhem lost the support of his advisors and was forced to abdicate (fled to Holland and died in 1941)

10th November 1918

Phillip Scheidemann declared the new German Republic under the SPD however hours later Karl Liebknect declared another new German Republic under the USPD

10th November 1918

Freidrich Ebert created the Council of People’s Representatives as a coalition between the SPD and USPD until the January 1919 elections - fell through in later December due to differences in opinions

10th November 1918

Ebert Groener Pact secured the military’s support for Ebert

11th November 1918

Ebert and his ministers sign the Armistice - declared the November Criminals

January 1919

Spartacist Upring led by Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknect. Crushed by Friekorps

March 1920

Kapp Putsch led by Wolfgang Kapp, failed due to strike by German workers

1922

Germany failed to pay repartations

1923

French and Belgium forces entered the Ruhr and used their own workers to pay reparations. Ebert calls a ‘passive resistance’ and causes hyperinfaltion as more money was printed to pay back the French and Belgium forces faster

November 1923

Stresemann creates the Rentenmark to combat hyperinfaltion - links to the price of land

1924

Dawes Plan saw 800 million marks be loaned to Germany from American banks

1925

Locarno Pact signed by Italy, France, Belgium, Britain and Germany - recognised the borders between Germany and France and agreed on the DMZ of the Rhineland

1926

Germany were invited to join the League of Nations by Woodrow Wilson

1928

Kellogg Briand Pact signed by 63 countries who agreed not to use force/violence in times of disagreement

1929

Young Plan - Germany has its reparations lowered from £6.6 billion to £2 billion which would be paid back by 1988