Germany 1924-1929 essays

Germany 1924-1929 essays Since the end of the war Germany has not been doing to well but for the last 5 years many things have improved especially foreign policy. Even though these have succeeded, our economy is not doing well and our government is not stable and needs to be fixed. Here are the situations involving foreign policy, politics, and the economy. The first issue on our list is our foreign policy. In 1924 we were not trying to achieve anything with other countries were merely trying to get revenge for the Treaty of Versailles. Since then we have done very well in many things including our membership in the League of Nations and the sighing of the Locarno Treaties. We will start with the League of Nations. This membership has made us look and be respected as a great power by being treated as equals with Britain and France. We are part of the League's council and have a permanent seat just like France and Britain. Secondly the signing of the Locarno Treaties have earned us respect since we are now concerned about peace in Europe. On the other hand Stresemann did very well in assuring Germany's western borders but not guarantying anything on the eastern border. Finally the Young Plan was a huge success for Germany since it reduced our reparations by two thirds and gives us till 1988 to pay them. Even with this there is still mu ch mistrust between Germany and France. Overall our foreign policy from 1924 to 1929 has been a great success mainly due to Stresemann's work. Even with the great successes in foreign policy our political issues in the country are not well. No one government has really taken control of the country. Our government is very unstable. We have had 25 governments in the last 14 years and probably the worst thing has been the election of President Hindenburg due the fact that he has been a prominent critic of the Weimar Republic. Also with the Nazi and communist parties not being crushed t ...