germany???

Question

Germany started world war one and two. the first war put them in a really bad depression; it was so bad it was cheaper to burn money for heat then pay for it. Then some how 21 years after the end of world war one, they create an army that was powerful enough to take on the rest of Europe thus starting world war two.

what made Germany so powerful they could create both world wars, was it their advance engineering? or something else.

also how could they recover from a debt so fast?

I'm guessing they don't have the amount of natural resources as America, and America still had trouble recovering from their debt. Germanys debt just seem to went away.

how did Germany overpowered both France (powerful army) and england (worlds best navy).

Answer 1

This Question is a great question; however, you could write 100 pages and not answer fully. I'll attempt to write an introduction to your answer.

1st, Germany did not start World War One. Several factors contributed to the Great War.
1. Imperialism- countries came into conflict b/c of competition for resources and influences.
2. Militarism- To protect investment, nations developed great military might and wanted to use it.
3. Nationalism- Peoples loyalty shifted further from the church and their regionilized culture to national pride.
4. Alliances- Powerful nations promised to lend aid to their satalite territories leading to global conflict.
5. The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinan by Gaverillo Princip- This sole event ingnited the polarization of the World into two camps.

After World War I, all of Europe was left destroyed. It was said that this war would be the war "to end all wars". Yet, without any precedent, national leaders made fatal mistakes that would lead to World War II. Two causes stand out in my mind.

1.Isolationism- Countries no longer wished to get involved with one another's conflicts. Allowing Fascism to take hold in Germany and Italy.

2. Debt- Natuarally the victors expected nations that lost to pay the bill. There inability to do so contributed to the Great Depression and resentment from Germany towards their debtors. Hyperinflation was so severe that poor German children would build huge play houses using German currency. Many poor families burned the money for warmth.

Hitler viewed himself as the man responsible for re-establishing naitonal pride in Germany. Hitler saw the sitution simply as a choice. Live in debt as slaves to his western neighbors or make those who blamed Germany for the war pay and re-establish Germany as a imperialistic power.

After World War II, we thankfully learned from our mistakes and forgave Germany's debt and helped them rebuild their industry (at least in West Germany).

Germany was undoubtably militaristic and had a great military at the start of World War II. However, he was never powerful enough to take on western powers. He won France by utilizing Blitzkreig (lightning War) and bombarded Britain from the air. If the world was not suffering from isolationism, the war would have been over much more quickly. He greatest mistake was to end his alliance with Russia and to create a two-front war. He never had the most powerful military in terms of capability. He simply was the most mobilized. Why? He knew war was coming; everyone else refused to believe it.

I hope that helps..

Answer 2

Like the above poster said, Germany used American loans to pay off its war debts, or at least as much as got paid off before everyone kind of quietly agreed that reparations wasn't such a hot idea. Coupled with massive increases in industrial production (not so much military equipment, though that was part of it -- but this was the era of the Autobahn, remember), more people could find jobs, so they could spend more money on consumer goods, the economy bounced back, etc.

As far as overpowering different countries -- France expected them to attack through Belgium again, just as they had in WWI, and France believed that since it had the Maginot Line it'd be safe. Germany used this to its advantage and suckered the French into concentrating its efforts elsewhere, while the bulk of the German force moved largely unopposed in the south. By the time the army realized what was happening, it was too late to put up much of an offensive.

As for England, there was the Anglo-German naval pact made in the '30s (can't remember the exact year right now, sorry) that essentially gave Germany the OK to go ahead and rebuild its navy, though with certain restrictions. You also have to remember, the British were also busy trying to protect their Pacific Island holdings from the Japanese and their African territories (particularly Egypt) from the Italians (and later the Germans), so their navy was literally all over the world. Had it come down to the German navy vs. the full strength of the British navy, the Germans would have been annihilated, U-boats and all. And in fact, once ULTRA and radar came into the picture, that's pretty much what happened.

Answer 3

A long question.
What made Germany so powerful. They were the center of steel and chemical production in Europe. They were the industrial center of Europe.
How could they recover from there debt so fast. They printed there debt away. The peace treaty set an exact amount of marks to be paid. This is why there money became worthless for a time.
Germany is not without resources but that is not how they got out of debt. Like America they put people back to work. In America it was making roads and buildings. In Germany it was building battleships and airplanes.
Germany created a new type of warfare. Using a small mobile army supported with tanks, artillery, and most important air power. French and British troops could be spotted and attacked by air power first. Then targeted by artillery before tanks and troops over ran there positions.

Answer 4

Wrong
WW1 was started by the Austro-Hungarians against Serbia in response to the assasination of Arch- Duke Franz Ferdinand
The other countries came in due to various alliances and treaties..
In the 1930s Hitler rearmed Germany and boosted the economy by means of huge loans which would have led Germany once more into bankruptcy without the start of WW2.
Germany overpowered France by outflanking the Maginot line by invading through neutral Belgium and the King of Belgium refused to allow French and British troops on his soil until it was too late and the Germans had built up an unstoppable momentum.
Although England had the strongest navy in the world which was never beaten by the Germans , its army on the Continent was small and poorly equipped being particularly short of anything that would stop a tank which was the Germans most successful weapon.

Answer 5

I just guess that 21 years is actually a relatively long time. The US had a war debt but the early 20's were quite a boom time. As for Germany winning so much so fats:
1) They learned good lessons from the Spanish Civil War while the Brits basically had their heads up their butts and learned nothing
2) Poland had cavalry, Germany had tanks and they had invented Blitzkrieg. they also integrated air and land attacks using stukas
3) They did an end run around the French Army which was poorly equipped while they had better guns, tanks, etc.
4) They never really bested the Royal Navy. In fact most of their battleships stayed in port or were quickly sunk on sorties (Bismark, Graf Spee, etc.)
5) They had a kick azz air force that gave them air superiority over France
6) They had lots of steel and the annexed Chechs and got quick access to Poland oil, coal, steel, etc. They really were/are the industrial heartland of Europe so in troubled times, they were a resource economy.

Just my thoughts, I'm hardly an authority on any of this but I do admire their military might in the early 40's.

Answer 6

If you remember, America was still in the depths of the Great Depression when World War 2 came around. The truth is, the Great Depression was not isolated to America. To some extent, much of the world was affected. Simply put, due to both Hoover's and F.D.R.'s socialist actions, America stayed in a depression that the rest of the world quickly overcame. Hitler had taken power in 1933, and had plenty of time to recover the German economy and start building up the military until the onslaught of WW2 in 1939. World War 1 ended in 1919, with the Armistice in 1918. That is a good twenty years to recover. When you compare that to your lifetime, that is a long time.

Answer 7

A. Germany did not start both WWI and WWII. Austria started WWI, and, based on a complicated system of treaties, Germany got involved as one of the prime movers.

B. The above answerer has it right. After WWI, the Allied forces who won (primarily U.S.A. and Britain) attempted to placate the losing parties by lending them massive amounts of money to rebuild their economies and infrastructures. The hope was that this would prevent any future conflicts on the same scale. Obviously, this was unsuccessful and the Germans, who still felt the sting to their pride from losing in WWI, rallied around Hitler who promised to bring them back into world prominence.

Answer 8

You are wrong about WWI. Germany didn't start that, Serbians did by killing king of Austria.

They had best engineering and science of that time.
Germany didn't overpower France, they just joined with Germany.

About debt- after WWI many American and UK firms opened in Germany, they brought with then money capital.

Answer 9

well i would say with lots of will power determination and courage and leaders like hitler technology and the debits i dont know any thing about it. what did v8nam had and who helped them to fight with a very strong country like usa

Answer 10

I can only answer one part of your question, we paid(USA) Germanys debt.