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Aftermath of World War I in Germany

  • World War I reparationsIn the winter of 1918, German troops retreated from northern France and systematically destroyed the industrial heartland known as the Nord-Pas de Calais…
  • German revolution of 1918–1919In August 1914, the Social Democratic Party of Germany voted to approve war bonds requested by the imperial government. Ninety-six SPD deputies joined…
  • Weimar RepublicOn the 9th of November 1918, Philipp Scheidemann stood at a window of the Reichstag building in Berlin and declared the German Republic to a cheering crowd.
  • Polish CorridorThe word corridor first appeared in Polish political discourse during the early 1920s, according to German historian Hartmut Boockmann.