why didn't germany win world war one?

Question

How do you think Germany lost World War One. I have considered the following points:
-There were riots going on back in Germany due to the countries lack of leadership.
-Britain had the support of the USA towards the end of the war.
But what else do you think lead to Germany's collapse?
Please help!

Thank you for all your help!

Answer 1

How much the army, and the people suffered is relatively easy to measure. The most obvious factor is casualties, probably best measured as a percent of the total population. The highest casualty rates were suffered by Serbia, France, and Germany, in that order. Russia had one of the lowest rates of the European powers-about a third that of Germany. Overseas countries, particularly the United States, suffered extremely few casualties relative to other countries.
The United States was larger than Germany in terms of both population and industrial output. Thus the United States, particularly when combined with the British Empire and France, had the potential to overwhelm the German army.
The series of offensives Germany launched in the Spring-Summer of 1918, known as the Ludendorf Offensives, failed- they took no territory of strategic significance. (For example, they tried and failed to seize the English Channel Ports from which all British troops and supplies landed.) By the late summer of 1918, this failure was clear. When the allies began to push the German army back in the fall of 1918, and with the prospect of millions more Americans joining the battle the following year, (By the time the war ended, the American army had 4,000,000 soldiers, of whom 1,000,000 had reached Europe, of whom 500,000 had seen combat.), it became clear that Germany would lose the war, or at best would not win it, and would continue to waste lives and wealth until it sought an armistice.

Answer 2

If you take the opinion of their own General Staff, Germany lost due to Great Britain's successful entry into the war. Whereas Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg always feared that entry by Great Britain would assure defeat, the General Staff led by von Moltke attempted to convince themselves that a successful execution of the Schlieffen Plan would defeat the French prior to the Brits arrival in force and from there the Germans would be able to diplomatically negotiate to keep the Brits out while they focused militarily on Russia. Of course, the Schlieffen Plan bogged down when the Germans encountered much heavier resistance in Belgium than anticipated (due in part to fast arriving British troops) and the Plan eventually failed at the Marne. By their own pre-war estimations, the German General Staff from that point on could not hope to win the war.
Also, the German navy was no match for the British, who employed an extremely successful blockade of Germany that was starving Berlin, which increasingly led to a disillusioned populace.

Answer 3

Besides the fact that they were engaged in a two-front war and that the US entered the war, I have another theory : they lacked resources: iron, petrol, etc. They are unable to sustain a long period war because they have no fuel to do so. I think that's why Hitler started the Blitzkrieg, to end the war very quickly. That's why Germany wanted Romania so bad during the second World War: because it had the largest amount of petrol in Central Europe.

Answer 4

Those are 2 good points.The Germans were seized with a lack of morale after 1917, their people were starving they were infiltrated by Communists within the country and the spreading of socialistic propaganda did not aid in the war effort.with the USA in the war the merchant ships had less difficulty getting to England because they were better protected by armed warships thus making unrestricted submarine warfare less effective, Germany's allies were struggling to hold their own as the Austrian-Hungarian Empire was on the verge of collapse and were at a stalemate with Italy in the Alps and the Ottoman Turks struggled withBritain and were slowly losing control over the region and Britain had some control over the Mesopotamian oil fields and Palestine etc,In essence Germany was struggling by themselves to withstand the power of Britain, France and the US in Europe and the Japanese in Asia who were gobbling up German colonies in the Pacific Ocean.

Answer 5

Because they engage two front war...
they did not complete their western (France and England) yet, and started eastern campaign to Russia....
although Russia is weakened by Bolshevik Revolution, but the timing worsened all. They didn't count the weather, it's cold in most part of Russia almost for 9 months...and the Red Army is so monstrous that time. there's a picture of a group of Red Army Horseman striking back only with swords, sweel up any exhausted and freezing German troops. Fortunately Hitler does the same mistake in WW II.

Answer 6

Same reason Germany always loses war. They end up fighting a two-front war because of their geographic location. (Even though Russia withdrew from the war after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 it was too late because the US entered the war shortly after that).

Also, Germany had no clearly defined objective in the war. The French and their allies were fighting to keep the Germans out of France, but Germany itself was never in danger of being invaded.

Answer 7

Ultimately, Germany lost the war because of a number of factors: Germany fought a two-front war; and She had no first-rate allies.

The Austrians were more of a liability than an asset, and fighting on two fronts is always costly.

The final nail in the coffin was the entrance of th Americans on the side of the allies.

So add it up... Too few allies, too many enemies, too many fronts, and too little access to raw matierials.

That's it.

Cheers, mate.

Answer 8

That war was fought originally by 19th century men using 18th century tactics and 20th century weapons. There really was no clear objective, because of treaties, nationalism and rulers who could not wait to show off their new toys, (Kaiser Wilhelm) and inept generals (Marshall Haig). But what caused Germany's downfall, they just ran out of gas, men and war material,and the Americans bringing fresh troops finally turned the tide for the Allies. The ramifications of WW1 are still being felt today with that mess in the Balkans still being sorted out.

Answer 9

they lost because
-they had to fight a war on two fronts
-their poulation was far less then that of their enemies as a result they found it harder to replace dead or wounded soldires as the war continued
-they had weak allies,espically austriahungary
-british blockaes denied them vital resources eg food,rubber,chemicals all needed to continue the war
-due to exteme food shortages the german people no longer had the will to continue fighting
-germany wasnt prepared for a war of attrition where only numbers matter and had tried to prevent this with a fst invasion and conquest of france which failed

Answer 10

The will of their own people. At that time, the typical German did not support the war.