GERMANY
Germany had entered World War I as the greatest power, with its people immensely proud of Germany's achievements in the years since unification. Defeat in war was a shock, and combined with economic privation and collapse, was more than the German people could accept.
Their government collapsed and the Social Democratic Party assumed power which was not what the Germans wanted. Its popularity was eroded by the fact that it was tainted with having to sign the armistice and then to accept the Versailles Treaty which was universally denounced by the German people. Severe economic difficulties created by the war and the demand for reparations caused despair and hardship which ensured an uncertain future for the nation.
Their government collapsed and the Social Democratic Party assumed power which was not what the Germans wanted. Its popularity was eroded by the fact that it was tainted with having to sign the armistice and then to accept the Versailles Treaty which was universally denounced by the German people. Severe economic difficulties created by the war and the demand for reparations caused despair and hardship which ensured an uncertain future for the nation.