Weimer Government

Well our great country is completely going down the drain, and we are losing all international respect. I have never been so ashamed to be a German. I think that if we could finally get a competent form of leadership, we could return to the powerful Germany I remember. We finally got Kaiser Wilhelm off the throne. The useless hump of waste promises us the Great War will only last a matter of months, and it lasted four years! The Weimer government then steps in, and takes us out of the war, a war we were winning, a war we dominated for four years. You know, maybe I should be leader of Germany, I would have done many things differently.

First, as I mentioned, the Weimer Government took us out of the war. Our Schleiffen Plan was activated at the commencement of the war, and surprisingly worked. We demolished Belgium (a move I disagree with), and got within 30 miles of Paris (Belk notes). Our "Great Wheel" was spinning with perfection (Belk notes). Wilhelm abdicates and flees like a baby, and the Weimer government, led by Ebert, takes control and takes us out of the war. Why! We were winning, we were going to win, why not finish what was forced upon us? Now the millons of soldiers that fought for this country and died, died for absolutely nothing! Their efforts are wasted, because look what was forced upon us for surrendering: The Treaty of Versailles. Personally, I would have continued the war effort, taken Paris, and led Germany to become the most powerful country in Europe. Sure they wanted to get us out of the war that was killing Germans left and right, starving citizens, and putting the country in economical turmoil. But we lasted for four years, let's win what we started and make countries pay us, rather than us pay inferior countires, like the US. I do not hate the Weimer government, but their move to take us out of the war and destroy all efforts taken to win, is eradicating my patriotism, and faith in the future welfare of Germany. In this dreadful Treaty of Versailles, we were forced to give away land. We had to give lovely Alsace Lorraine back to the wimpy French, and West Prussia to Poland (Treaty of Versailles). We had to give all of this abundant land to neighboring counties, enemy countries. These countries were not our allies, we were providing enemies with resources, making them stronger and us even more weaker. We were giving land to countries all around the border, and we needed this land for farming and food. We needed some food! Let me explain the Weimer government's biggest problem. Our Post-War economy was bad. Unemployment was on the rise from all the casualties, and output was low. Of course, the demand for food was high. But we lost fertile land for farming in the Treaty of Versailles, and men workers from the war. After being forced to pay reparations, our currency was low and of very decreased value. Also because of the War Guilt Clause, countries were reluctant to trade with us because we had to admit we began the war (which we didn't, Russia did!) We had no trading partners, almost no money, and suffering from huge inflation. The Weimer government should not have accepted the Treaty of Versailles, and avoided this economic turmoil.