Strangely Germany began building up their army and navy prior to the start of war, leaving the other countries left with limited time to build up and prepare their army and navy for the unexpected. All in all Germany was involved in all of the underlying causes of World War
Germany was little sour over World War I. There was a lot of resentment with the Triple Alliance, because of the Treaty of Versailles. This treaty really maimed Germany, cutting off 15% of their European territory, and they were forced to pay heavy reparations for the war. On top of this, Germany’s military was severely reduced; about two-thirds was gone. Other countries of the world wanted to make sure Germany would not cause any more problems.
To be able to use your force you had to have the best. In document C we know from the chart that France started with the best army, but Germany at the end of the war had the best. Germany's reasoning to build up their military was what they needed to do to protect themselves against the world. To build up the military they spent a lot of money, but it hadn’t payed of in the end. Germany thought they that being lesser than other countries they would get walked upon.
The tense battle between the triple entente and the triple alliance may have been blamed on Germany alone but really there are quite a few more details that came into play when starting this terrible fight. One little argument between two countries turned into a full out world war that ended with 38 million casualties The underlying causes of WWI include the forming of alliances across Europe, the quick ride in military and supplies, each country 's intense love for their nation, and the fast imperialization that was spreading across Europe. The forming of alliances built up tensions between all of Europe which helped cause WWI. In Document A, the triple entente is shown to be surrounding the triple alliance which made everyone believe that a war would spark from the high tensions.
Germany was not aloud to have an Air Force and Germany was limited to 100,000 people to their Army. Germany was forced to give up tons of territory including The Port of Danzig, Poznan, Lodz, and Krakow. All this was written on the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty was written to end the first World
Thus, Hitler uses his advanced technology to execute his plan on Poland. In preparation, Hitler created the Luftwaffe, or the German Air Force, a newly-developed air force which sees its use first during the Poland Blitzkrieg. According to Modern World History, after deploying the quick aircraft and tanks on Poland on September 1, 1939, Germany successfully wiped out Poland in a month. Shocked, Britain and France together formed the Allied powers and declared war on Germany in September 3, 1939. However, they had to quickly develop new offensive and defensive weapons in order to stop Hitler’s devastating forces.
They were forced to take all the blame for the war. In addition, they had to give up Alsace and Lorraine to France, lost major parts of their territory, and had to pay a war debt to the other countries (source 2). Germany had a huge war debt to pay off, but they had little ways of actually paying it. They lost the land where they got their resources from, so it was nearly impossible to pay it all back.
During WW2 Germany used a new tactic called the “Blitzkrieg” to overrun most of Europe. The tactic “Blitzkrieg” involved massing planes, tanks and artillery to break through enemy defenses. The German forces encircled opposing troops, forcing them to surrender. Using Blitzkrieg, Germany defeated Poland in September, 1939 and Denmark on April, 1940. German forces have pushed the Soviet Union more than 600 miles to the gates of Moscow.
They felt vulnerable to everyone. France is right next to Germany, and refuse to let them have any military forces at the border. (Doc A) Germany is even more defenseless and they have to obey by what France tells them. Since
There is no one single answer for this, the length of the war was a combination of multiple factors. Some historians blame the Schlieffen Plan of Germany, whilst others put the blame on the uneven development of technology that was present at that time, new types of warfare and generals that didn't have time to adapt, thus being incompetent at winning stalemates. The
Germany couldn’t defend the United States and our allies for many reasons. Germany had put most of their defenses in northern Pas-de-Calais. This is exactly what the Allies wanted though. The Allies had used deception through radio messages and morse code to give Rommel every reason to deploy troops in the wrong places. The German air reconnaissance was also poor on the morning of the attacks.
Tactics: Germany secured the sea with submarines, also had the strongest and most modern army, although not the biggest. England tried throughout the war to get US to enter. Technology (communication/propaganda): Yellow Journalism, telegraphs (Zimmermann)
This fact made the scale of war much larger than it was before, earning its name 'World War 1'. This was due to Germany's original tactics for prestige backfiring, allowing the balance of power to shift and letting rash and unnecessary decisions pass. Therefore Germany not only started the war, but it continued to fuel the war for the next four years while it
I: Germany waged World War I in 1914 due to their increasing fear of the rise of Russia. Russia had a much greater potential power than Germany due to their sizeable land mass and increasingly industrialized economy. While Germany was widely regarded as the predominant military state in Europe, by 1917, Russia would overtake them. Russia’s future intentions were unclear, and Germany preferred major war instead of a dominant state of immense size and power.
While on the other hand the Allied Forces had powerful allies such as the USA which could contribute greater resources of men and materials. Furthermore, the British had put in place a Naval Blockade prevent the passing of cargo of any ships that attempted to pass through, this was very effective and starved much of Germany’s population. Lastly, Germany’s two front with Russia greatly weakened German forces and had larger repercussions later on. Although these are all important causes, the most factor that
