‘TURNIP WINTER’ 1916-17 WAS VERY COLD AND CREATED FOOD AND FUEL SHORTAGES
DEATHS FROM STARVATION AND HYPOTHERMIA MORE THAN DOUBLED BETWEEN 1916 & 1918
ABDICATION OF THE KAISER POST WAR - PRINCE MAX TAKES OVER THE GOVERNMENT
INFLATION BROUGHT LONGER WORKING HOURS
REICHSTAG WAS WEAKENED BY KAISER AND MILITARY RULE
OPPOSITION GREW AGAINST THE POLITICIANS WHO WERE SUPPORTING STAYING IN THE WAR
GOVERNMENT SIGNS THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES - BECAME KNOWN AS THE 'STAB IN THE BACK'
OPPONENTS OF THE KAISER HAD BEEN IMPRISONED DURING THE WAR – GERMANY WAS CLOSE TO DICTATORSHIP RUN BY KAISER, LUDENDORFF, HINDENBERG
SPARTACUS LEAGUE - LEFT WING GROUP TRIES TO BRING COMMUNISM TO GERMANY WITH THEIR REVOLT
6 MILLION GERMANS WERE WOUNDED DURING THE WAR – MANY WERE NOW DISABLED
MILITARY STYLE GROUPS TAKE TO THE STREETS OF GERMANY - THE FREIKORPS
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES FROM A MONARCHY TO A REPUBLIC
AGRICULTURAL SUPPLIES HAD DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY AS FARM LABOURERS WERE SENT TO THE FRONT
MUTINY OF SAILORS SPREADS AGAINST THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT
