Germany
Why did the Germans lose the First World War
The war ended with the allies of Britain, France and Russia winning the war successfully. There were many reasons to why the Allies won the war. Some of the reasons were the effects of the long war on the German Economy, the Alliance Systems, The Allied Naval Blockade on Germany and the entry of the U.S.A. At the start of the war two alliances had formed, the triple Entente which consisted of France, Russia and Great Britain. The Germans saw this alliance forming, and realised they had possible enemies on both fronts. In order to put the Germans in a stronger position they made an alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy (although Italy fought on the French side, because of promise of land across the Adriatic Sea). Before the war started the Germans had a plan to win the war and avoid fighting a war on two fronts, this involved invading France high speed through Belgium, (because it had very flat land, so was easy to travel on, and its border was not fortified like the French-German one). After this quick strike the Germans would travel to Russia using their organised gridlock train system, and meet Russia on the border who would take a long time to get to the German border because their roads were not well maintained. This plan failed from the start because the Belgians resisted bitterly against the Germans coming through their land (slowing them down), the French were also helped by the British Expeditionary Force with consisted of 300,000 trained soldiers. The sides were roughly matched on the Western front. Yet the Germans may still have triumphed if the Russians had not taken such a short time to go to war. This caused the Germans to split their forces, creating a stalemate on both fronts. The failure of this plan meant the war became a battle of who could last the longest, a war of attrition, that is why Germany lost they took a risk when America entered the War because they were approaching their limit.
The war ended with the allies of Britain, France and Russia winning the war successfully. There were many reasons to why the Allies won the war. Some of the reasons were the effects of the long war on the German Economy, the Alliance Systems, The Allied Naval Blockade on Germany and the entry of the U.S.A. At the start of the war two alliances had formed, the triple Entente which consisted of France, Russia and Great Britain. The Germans saw this alliance forming, and realised they had possible enemies on both fronts. In order to put the Germans in a stronger position they made an alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy (although Italy fought on the French side, because of promise of land across the Adriatic Sea). Before the war started the Germans had a plan to win the war and avoid fighting a war on two fronts, this involved invading France high speed through Belgium, (because it had very flat land, so was easy to travel on, and its border was not fortified like the French-German one). After this quick strike the Germans would travel to Russia using their organised gridlock train system, and meet Russia on the border who would take a long time to get to the German border because their roads were not well maintained. This plan failed from the start because the Belgians resisted bitterly against the Germans coming through their land (slowing them down), the French were also helped by the British Expeditionary Force with consisted of 300,000 trained soldiers. The sides were roughly matched on the Western front. Yet the Germans may still have triumphed if the Russians had not taken such a short time to go to war. This caused the Germans to split their forces, creating a stalemate on both fronts. The failure of this plan meant the war became a battle of who could last the longest, a war of attrition, that is why Germany lost they took a risk when America entered the War because they were approaching their limit.