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There were many problems which faced the newly formed Weimar republic, these varied from the grounds on which it was formed to the various uprisings from different political parties, economic difficulties and the old attitudes of some of the German people meant that Weimar faced a tough task if it were to succeed.

Perhaps the most crucial and troublesome problem facing the Weimar republic right from the outset was that Germany only became a democracy as many generals in the German army thought that Germany would receive less harsh penalties following the end of the war. This is why the Weimar republic is often referred to as the revolution from above, because it was not the ordinary Germans who wanted this democratic change. I would say that this democracy was not forged for the people as it should have been, but rather to protect the senior German leaders at the time. There was also the stab-in-the-back myth, this was created by the German generals after the war which pretty much said that it was the new Weimar republic politicians which had put an end to the war and that the German army was still easily capable of winning the war but instead the new politicians just stabbed the soldiers in the back, even though they were willing to fight on, they were branded the November criminals by many Germans. Also right at the start of the new government came the Treaty of Versailles, the new government had no choice but to sign the agreement but as you can imagine the German people were not happy, Germany were forced to accept war guilt and forced to pay 6 billion in reparations, and for a proud German nation this was for some too much to handle. This would have led to some resentment of the new government, especially when coupled with the stab-in-the-back myth.

Another major threat to the Weimar republic was obviously the threats from left and right wing parties. The spartacist attempted to seize power in January 1919, and other communist parties attempted to seize power throughout the 1920's, and right wing parties attempted to seize power during the Munich and Kapp putsch's, of 1920 and 1923. There was also the fact that many judges, key military figures and civil servants were members of right wing parties, the right wing would get away with a lot of crimes, they were thought to have assassinated 300 people without there ever being any arrests. An example of this leniency is shown at Hitler's trial where he receives a short prison term for his part in

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