Germany, 1918-45 is a depth study that investigates how Germany became a democratic republic before being transformed into a dictatorship. The course focuses on the origins of the Weimar Republic, the challenges it faced and to what extent it overcame those challenges. The course also investigates why and how the Weimar Republic was dismantled by the Nazis, replaced by a dictatorship and then changed by the Second World War. You will focus on the crucial events and people of this period, as well as studying the different social, cultural, polical, economic, military and religious changes that occurred.