The Weimar Republic

Between 1919 and 1925 the new German Government, the Weimar Republic, was faced with a number of crises which weakened it. These problems were caused mainly as a result of the war and although any government would have had difficulties in solving them the people saw democracy as weak. This public opposition towards the new Government was its greatest problem.
After the Treaty of Versailles was signed many Germans were shocked at the harsh terms which it imposed on them concerning territorial changes, disarmament, colonies and reparations. As an Allied invasion of Germany was imminent the…