Tom King

The Weimar Republic was the government that was set up in Germany after the end of WW1 and the downfall of the Kaiser. This new Government faced problems from all sides, the Treaty of Versailles, the communists threat, amongst a host of other social, economic and political unrest that was post war Germany. Out of this melting pot the socialist and nationalist elements grew and matured. The government had to rely on right wing Freikorps battalions to fight its battles for them as a standing army was strictly controlled under the treaty of Versailles. This led to fighting in disputed territories such as Silesia between Freikoprs units and the Poles, the Kapp Putsch and the Red Rising in the Ruhr also took place. The Weimar republic was eventually replaced by Hitlers Thousand Year Reich......