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Weimar Republic Oppositions

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The Weimar Republic was formed during November of 1918 in result of the removal and exile of Wilhelm II following the first world war. This resulted in a gap in the German government and there was no apparent ruler to fill this gap. Therefore, the Germans had their first attempt to create a parliamentary democracy, this was in fact the Weimar Republic. It was inevitable that the Weimar Republic would face oppositions from the left and right wings, however it had slowly begun to overthrow these oppositions and deal with them since there had been social and economic improvements within the republic that had majorly helped them in the long run, up until the collapse of the Weimar Republic in 1933. One of the biggest issues that the new government …show more content…

There was very little democracy considering Article 48, which gave sole power to the president, this allowed him to pass laws on his own during "times of emergency". Article 48 was overused so the president would have unstoppable control over everything. It was nearly impossible for majority to be established in the Reichstag due to the many parties that were caused by the proportional voting system. This meant that the government would have to be changed frequently, making the longest lasting government only 2 years. During the time span of 14 years (1919 - 1933) there existed 20 different coalition governments. Another issue was that most government officials were right wings and wanted the government to change. This was a crucial issue when it came to the Kapp Putsch, out of the 700 rebels that were tried, only 1 had gone to prison, also after the Munich Putsch, Hitler was sentenced to only 9 months in prison for trying to overthrow the government. Other constitutional issues are the German stares being too powerful and the army not being in full control of the government. This affected the Weimar Republic as they did not have full support when it came to major uprisings such as the crisis of 1923 or even the Kapp …show more content…

The weaknesses of the rebellion was poor planning, poor preparation, and miscalculations. Hitler 's aim for power was to be achieved through a revolution. Hitler had planned it with the assistance of two nationalist politicians; Kahr and Lossow. Thinking that everything would go according to plan, Hitler collected over 3,000 Strom Troopers (SA) and gave them instructions to be ready to rebel. However, Kahr and Lossow both called off the revolution leaving only Hitler and his Storm Troopers (SA) still ready to fight. Due to Hitler being angered by the fact that Kahr and Lossow called off the rebellion, Hitler and 600 Storm Troopers (SA) crash a meeting that was being held at the local Beer Hall by both Lossow and Kahr, forcing them to agree to rebel whilst threatening them with a gun. On the day of the rebellion, Hitler confidently entered Munich not knowing that Kahr had called in both army reinforcements as well as police reinforcements, this resulted in the death of 16 Nazis and the arrest of Hitler two days

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The ever so growing fear in the hearts of Germans caused them to spring into action with rebellion in mind. However, with limited amount of munitions, troops, and weapons the cause to fight back was to far beyond their capabilities. Germany was not allowed to “exceed over 100,000 men, including officers…” (Doc B) The troops they were allowed to have were only reserve troops and none being full-time.

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Throughout the 1930s, countries who were upset over the outcome of World War I started to take aggression toward the other countries who had oppressed them through the Treaty Of Versailles. When Germany was defeated they became embarrassed and wanted to prove their superiority to other countries. However, Germany was in severe debt from World War I. As they struggled through financial ruin, many citizens were frustrated with the situation they faced and were extremely unhappy. This allowed the Nazi party and Hitler to rise to political power in Germany. Hitler was determined to restore glory to Germany and enact revenge on the countries that embarrassed them.

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This engendered lots of the citizens to be scared and feel unprotected. C. Furthermore, the number of military soldiers was also dropped. Document B mentions how the army members was reduced to only 100,000. This increased the feeling of being unsafe. The citizens needed a strong leader to take control, which was where Hitler came in place.

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As illustrated in Document L, Germany depicted Jews as the root of their problems. The multiple failures of democratic governments angered citizens into a revolt for new change in political aspects of the country. In essence, it allowed them to put the blame on others in an attempt to resolve the internal issues within Germany. Correspoinsidly in Document G, the rise of fascism directly influenced political parties in the German democracy as the number of Nazi members of the Reichstag began from twelve in 1928 and rose to 230 by 1933. Similarly, Russia needed a new way of life and leadership following the Russian Revolution in 1917.

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While the Weimar Republic faced significant challenges, including economic instability, political issues and social unrest, it can not be considered the preeminent cause of World War II. The Weimar Republic was in power during the period of appeasement that allowed the Nazi Germany to expand its territory and military power, but it was the aggressive policies of the Nazi Germany, particularly under the leadership of Adolf Hitler. Which is what led to the outbreak of WWII. The Weimar Republic can not be held solely responsible for the rise of the Nazi party because there were other factors that helped the rise of the Nazi party, like the legacy of World War

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In January 1918 the Kaiser, dictator of Germany, led his people in war with the allies. At this point Germany appeared to be winning the war. However in November 1918 the Kaiser fled to Holland and Germany unconditionally surrendered to the allies. President Friedrich Ebert was put in charge of Germany to sign the armistice. This motivated unrest within Germany’s people as they believed they were currently winning the war.

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But to the conservative generals and its supporters, the brown shirted storm troopers were seen as a threat to long standing German traditions and rank. Hitler assured the generals that he would restore the former military dominance of Germany and break the Treaty of Versailles which limited the army to 100,000 soldiers and didn’t allow it to modernize without tanks and aircraft. The behavior of the SA was therefore seen as a threat to Hitler’s political survival and the might harm the future plans of the Nazi party. The SA leadership and its members also alarmed the big industry leaders who had put Hitler in power by

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