Events
At this point the Kaiser is in a weak positionWorld War One beginsThe Allied naval blockade beginsGermany sets up a a War Raw Materials DepartmentBread rationining starts followed by the rationing of virtually every foodstuffEstablishment of the 'silent dictatorship' of Hidenburg and LudendorffThe Auxiliary Service Act enabled the government to control male labourGermany suffered shortages of coal and transport in the winter till 1917USA declares war on GermanyCivilian deaths from starvation and hypothermia increased from 121,000 in 1916 to 293,000 in 1918The Reichstag pass a peace resolution, leads to the resignation of Bethmann-HollwegMichaelis was dismissed for his inept handling of a small naval munityThe Fatherland Party is founded42 SPD deputies form a new party called the Independent Social Democratic Party400,000 Berlin workers go on strikeGermany's ally Bulgaria surrendersLundendorff informs Wilhelm and Hertling that the war is lostHertling replaces Michaelis as ChancellorLundendorff launched a German offensive on the westLundendorff and Hindenburg abdicate their powerWilhelm accepts Hertling's resignationTurkey agrees to an armisticeThe Austrian government signs an armisticeWilhelm II issues a proclamation establishing parlimenatry contolItaly joined the war on the Allied sideGermany starts using gasThe timescale for reparations is set and allied control over railways and banking systems were droppedThe Young Plan is signedDNVP leader Hugenburg formed to Reich commitee for a referendum to oppose the Young PlanReichstag accept the Young PlanFrench forces evacuate the RhinelandWall Street CrashMuller resigns as Chancellor and is succeed by Henrich BruningBruning resigns as Chancellor and is succeeded by Franz von PapenThe Nazis became the largest party in the ReichstagPapen resigns as Chancellor and is succeeded by Kurt von Schleicher in DecHiter is appointed ChancellorOutbreak of revolution of GermanyAbdication of Kaiser Wilhelm IIArmisticeSpartacist uprising
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