Under clause 231, the ‘War Guilt Clause’, Germany had to accept complete responsibility for the war. Germany lost 13% of its land and 12% of its population to the Allies. This land made up 48% of Germany’s iron production and a large proportion of its coal productions limiting its economic power.
The German Army was limited to 100,000 soldiers, and the navy was limited to 15,000 sailors. As financial compensation for the war, the Allies also demanded large amounts of money known as ‘reparations’.
Initially, Allied forces still blocked shipments of food and supplies from entering Germany. Although some food and supplies got through, these were sparse and therefore expensive. The ‘Stab in the Back Myth’ fed extreme nationalism, antisemitism and anti-communism. The new government was unpopular amongst large sections of the population, and some people still felt a loyalty to the Kaiser.
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Answer:
Stalin resented the Western Allie's delay in attacking the Germans in Europe and that the United States had tried to keep its development of the atomic bomb a secret.
Explanation:
Stalin always pressed England and the US to open another front during the 1940s as German forces were concentrating to deepen in the Soviet territory.
He believed the Western allies were on purpose to profit from the weakening of the USSR as it fought against Nazi Germany.
The delayed had enabled Nazis to redirect manpower to the Eastern front.
Stalin was annoyed since he believed the US and Britain delayed to open the second front against German troops in the West, and demanded a buffer formed from Baltic nations and Poland after the war.
The development of the atomic bomb was jealously held by the US, as it gave the supremacy on the overall outcome of the war and its unrevealing by alleged "spies" meant that the USSR and the US would start an arms race.
The rivalry in atomic weapons was quickly contested in the 1950s and soon to be followed by the space race.
The government basically became more "active" in helping the people
