The Hindenburg Program
What was the Hindenburg Progarm's Goal?
To triple artillery and machine gun production, and to double munitions and trench mortar production.
What is a Soldier Council?
A Council led by returning Soldiers
Name a shortage Germany had during ww1
Coal, Hot Water, Food, Soap, luxury goods.
What was one of the latest hits a German Citizen could listen to?
Die Wacht am Rhein!
Was ist Des Deutschen Vaterland?
Heil dir im Siegerkranz
What did the German Government use as a replacement for the potato
Turnips!
True or False
In order to meet production quotas, the German Government began to melt down copper roofs and church bells.
True!
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What replacement did the KRA recommend for Germans who needed clothing?
Paper and Cardboard
What did the Germans use as a replacement for Flour in Kommissbrot?
Sawdust!
Why was Turnip winter so bad?
Because the government failed to provide proper food to the people.
About how many frontline soldiers did Germany recall to help with the program?
120,000
What was the first revolt that started the German Revolution?
The Kiel Revolt!
How many pigs did Germany kill in the
Schweinemord?
5 million
What food do most Germans use? (Half points if you say one of them.)
Potatoes and Bread!
how many weeks in a row were sailors' rations cut by 2 ounces?
3 weeks in a row!
What kind of people did Germany deport to use as slave labor?
Polish and Belgian people.
What German State Ceded from Germany and declared themselves a Soviet Republic?
The People’s state of Bavaria,
What Ration basically stopped existing in 1917
The Fish Ration!
True or False, there was a tiny ration for ice cream.
FALSE
How high was the female mortality rate for the winter of 1917
30%
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What is a myth that German Nationalists would use to gain power?
The-Stab-in-the-Back Myth!
Why did the Schweinemord fail?
Because the German Government didn't bother to preserve the manure, causing less grain to be produced.
Soldiers!
what was the name of the Turnip that the Germans fed to people?
Swedish Turnip