History A-Level
The legacy of the First World War
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Its devastating impact, such as mass starvation and economic exhaustion, radicalised the German public and triggered the political crises of October to November 1918.
Topics that use The legacy of the First World War
- 2O Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945 – The Establishment and early years of Weimar, 1918–1924 (AQA A-Level)
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