Weimar: key dates Flashcards
(41 cards)
ww1
August 1914 - November 1918
the armistice is signed
11th November 1918
unrestricted submarine warfare begins
February 1915
the Lusitania is sunk and policy of unrestricted warfare is dropped
September 1915
Battles of Verdun and the Somme
mid-1916
Fallkenhayn resigns and Hidenburg and Ludendorff take over command of the army
August 1916
unrestricted submarine warfare restarts
February 1917
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
March 1918
US eters into the war
April 1917
passing of the peace resolution
July 1917
resignation of Bethmann-Hollwegg
July 1917
‘black day’ of the German army
August 8th 1918
final German defensive positions have been borken and Germany faced real possibility of invasion in the south
by mid September 1918
Hindenburg and Ludendorff advised the Kaiser that Germany must request an armistice and that the war had been lost.
29th September 1918
‘Ludendorff offensive’
Spring 1918
war appears to be a stalemate
by September 1914
Auxillary Labour Law
1916
formation of the USPD (Independent Socialist Party)
1917
development of the anti war movement
1916
Bethmann-Hollwegg persuaded the Kaiser to amend the Prussian constitution
January 1916
‘turnip winter’
1916
how long did the new war credits agreed by the Reichstag last till
November 1917
establishment of the Fatherland party
September 1917
