After World War One the Treaty of Versailles was damaging to Germany and its economy. The Nazis took advantage of these difficulties to gain support.
During the early years of the Weimar Republic, the German Government experienced a number of problems which threatened its existence. After the end of World War One, it struggled from crisis to crisis.
Many Germans blamed the new German Government for Germany’s defeat in World War One, as did Hitler.
The Government needed to end the war and make peace for a number of reasons:
German officials agreed a truce on 11 November 1918.