Assess The Extent That The Treaty Of Versailles And The Negative Influence Of The German Army Accounted For The Failures Of Democracy In The Weimar Period.
The Treaty of Versailles and the influence of the German Army proved to account for the failure of democracy in the Weimar period to a certain extent, however other events such as the Munich Putsch, Kapp Putsch, hyperinflation, the Stresemann era and the breakthrough of Hitler also contributed to the failure of democracy in the Weimar period.
The Treaty of Versailles signed, the 29th of June 1919, proved extremely damaging to Germany. The Treaty resulted in the loss of territory and raw material and the instatement of certain conditions; such as a limited German army and the abolishment of conscription. Forced the navy down to 15 000 with only 6 battleships, 6 light cruisers, no submarines. Germany was made to borrow money form America to pay huge reparation payments . Therefore the Treaty was a significant event that......
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