The condition of Britain in 1917

The government also (NEED) to ensure that Britain was fed. Under the Defence of the Realm Act it was able to take over land and turn it over to food production. In February 1917 it (SET UP) the Women's Land Army to recruit women as farm workers. By then, however, the food supply in Britain (BECOME) desperate. German U-boats (SINK) one in every four British merchant ships and Britain had only six weeks' supply of wheat left. As food supplies (RUN) short, so prices (RISE). Wages (HARDLY RISE) during the war because people were mostly prepared to sacrifice better pay to support the war effort, but prices were now almost double what they (BE) in 1914. Poorer people could not even afford basic supplies such as bread. Shops (CLOSE) early each afternoon as they (RUN OUT) of goods to sell.

German reactions to the Treaty of Versailles 1919

The overall reaction of Germans was horror and outrage. They certainly (NOT BELIEVE) they (START) the war. They (NOT EVEN THINK) they (LOSE) the war. In 1919 many Germans (NOT REALLY UNDERSTAND) how bad Germany's military situation (BE) at the end of the war in 1918. They believed that the German government (SIMPLY AGREE) to a ceasefire, and that therefore Germany should have been at the Paris Peace Conference to negotiate peace. They were angry that their government was not represented at the talks and that the Allies (FORCE) them to accept a harsh treaty without any choice or even a comment. At first, the new government (REFUSE) to sign the treaty and at one point it (LOOK) as though war might break out again. However, Ebert, the new German leader, was in an impossible position. Reluctantly, he agreed to accept the terms of the treaty and it was signed on 28 June 1919.