On the 11th of November 1918, the Armistice was signed by Germany, France, and Britain that ended the first World War after four years of fighting. While negotiations had not yet been made with the Treaty of Versailles, the fight had finally ended. While both sides of the conflict, the Allies and the Central powers, were sure that their nation had a guaranteed fast win with their technological advances and all, it was Germany who lost in the end. Germany had been fighting a two-front war, but they had defeated the Russian army on the Eastern Front and forced their hands into signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, so what caused Germany to lose on the Western Front? Unlike with how close Germany got to capturing France’s capital, Paris, with the…
Germany's inability to pay war reparations as specified in the Treaty of Versailles was caused by the main industrial areas of Germany being taken away. Inflation, a result of the attempt to pay war reparations, severely crippled the population, especially the lower middle class. The deprived people of Germany feel easily into the hands of authoritarian parties such as the Nazis and the Communist. The Treaty also forced Germany to limit its armed forces and forbade them from having an air force, which created a bitter resentment towards the victors of WWI. As a result of the Treaty of Versailles and the economic disasters that followed, the German people became very resentful towards the victors of World War I, namely France and England. Additionally, virtually all of Germany's leaders fought in World War I and many were wounded and they all felt betrayed. They were eager for revenge. One of these WWI veterans happened to be a man named Hitler, Adolf Hitler. Hitler blamed economic problems on the allies who had forced the peace terms of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany. He joined the Nazi party which…
After World War 1, Germany was in a horrible state. They had to pay reparations to other countries thanks to the Treaty of Versailles. This was difficult since Germany was going through one of its worst stagflation epidemics in history. A new government was also ushered, which had nothing to do with the treaty. Germany was in a state of perplexity because of all the punishments they had received. Germany was searching for someone who could bring them out of this seemingly insurmountable situation. They found that leader through the charismatic dictator, Adolf Hitler.…
World War I left Germany vulnerable and leaderless. Germany struggled economically, like any other country in the world, especially hard. They did not just lose the war; they lost territory, military, money, and hope. Paul von Hindenburg, president of Germany appointed Adolf Hitler Chancellor on January 30, 1933 along with the National Socialist German Workers Party, or Nazis. Germany did not stay a democracy for long. The Enabling Act permitted one cabinet, the Nazi Party, to be in place for four years, giving Hitler full dictatorship.…
After WW1 ended the treaty of Versailles was signed. This treaty blamed the Germans for WW1 and the destruction that was caused. Therefore Germany had to pay for any destruction done which lead Germany to become in debt, which lead to a Great Depression in Germany. Germany had to give back the land it conquered during WW1 and they were limited to a small army. This angered the Germans who were in need of a strong leader to help them get back up on it feet and stabilize Germany.…
After World War 1 Germany was economically depressed, the people were unhappy, they didn't have confidence in their government, they were a broken country. The Treaty of Versailles put such heavy restrictions on Germany that they had to change their currency from the German mark, because it became so worthless; give up the industrial heart of Germany (Rhineland); promise never to make arms, tanks, and aeroplanes; and reduce their army from 6 million people to 100,00 which resulted in unemployment for a large number of German people. Germans were unemployed, poor, and disheartened. Hitler came and gave the Germans employment by building an army and taking back the Rhineland, and this helped give Germans hope for the future.…
into war in 1942 and the fact that Germany was fighting a 3 front war. By 1940, Germany had…
After the First World War, Germany had suffered a major loss. France, Great Britain, the United States, Russia, and other small countries went against Germany,…
It was 1939, and Germany was becoming a threat, breaking the Treaty of Versailles which did not allow them to build an army, but under Hitler they were building an army and had mad ideas. As it started gaining back land from which they lost in World War 1, neighbouring countries became alert of its aggressiveness. It was given the little land it wanted in hope that it would back down from other countries. But as how Winston Churchill anticipated, it did not. Germany began conquering nearby countries like Poland.…
World War One was a war between several countries in Europe. It is called a world war because it was the first war which affected so many countries all over the world. It took place from July 1914 to November 1918. The war was mainly fought between two alliances, the Triple Entente (Britain, France and Russia) and the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy). The main reasons why Germany lost the war were: the German Army asking to end the war; The USA entering the war; new tanks being developed by the Allies; Germany starving to death; the failure of the Schlieffen Plan and Britain having a good leader. In this essay I will speak about all of these causes, and explain how they contributed to Germany’s loss. There are many arguments and interpretations as to why Germany lost WWI, but the one I believe is most valid is the entrance of America into the war .I will explain why later in this essay. I think Germany's defeat looked likely when the Schlieffen Plan failed. I think it became inevitable, when America entered the war, and I will explain why in the rest of this essay.…
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After First World War, the Treaty of Versailles took away Germany's colonies and forced the country to pay $33 billion to Britain and France in the Paris Peace Conference. This enslaved the German people. Unemployment and inflation were out of control in Germany. This left Germany with grievances. Hitler promised to rebuild the nation and seek revenge against the Allies. This made him and his Nazi Party wildly popular in Germany during the 1930s. In just a few short years, Hitler revived the economy, built up a massive army, re-militarized the Rhineland and took over neighboring countries. But the extreme nationalism and all of this led to war in 1939.…
Although, Britain and France had had enough. Once Germany invaded Poland, they realized they had to put Hitler to a stop, before he invaded all of Europe. Finally, starting World War 2, the two countries declared war on Germany.…
The First World War ended with the triple entente as victorious (with help from the Americans). Some reasons to why the allies won the war were because of; Germany had to fight a war on two fronts, the unstable political situation in Germany, the allied naval blockade, German economy, failure of the schlieffen plan, interception of the Zimmerman telegram, the German naval blockade on Britain (sinking of American ships), development of the tank and anti-submarine weapons, the advancement of new technology that required new tactics.…
Hitler's foreign policy, the development of a dictator state, Nazism it's self, strong animosity towards the Treaty of Versailles and the quest for 'living space' saw the beginning of World War Two. Living space or ‘Lebensraum’ was to be in the east for the Herrenvolk, the German master race, to live in at the cost of the Soviet Union. Purely Hitler and his ideology fueled conflict in Europe, nothing but aggressive, violent and forceful acts would have stopped him and his extreme foreign policy. However through appeasement the allied countries delayed war and created time to rearm, in order to halt Nazism.…