Question:
How did Germany become such a powerful country following WW1 and the great depression?
2010-05-09 17:51:14 UTC
How did Germany become such a powerful country following WW1 and the Great Depression?
How did it go about become such a economic and militaristic force, and exactly what led to its demise? (other than the fact that America is just that awesome?)
Five answers:
Yellow
2010-05-13 05:47:21 UTC
Germany did the right thing. That was to default its payments and war damages, establish a nationalistic government, limit the wealth and influence of the rich and got rid of the Jews!!!
B K BUZZARD
2010-05-10 02:11:32 UTC
the terms of the armistice were severe,a total armed force of 100,000,withdrawal from the coal producing sudetenland,the ruhr valley,reparations owed to allies.



amidst these awful terms imposed on germany,members of the armed forces,such as hans von seekt, herman goering of the luftwaffe,decided to ignore the limits,secretly agreeing with the russians on mutual training at bases starting in 1923

.the inflation rate then meant a loaf of bread cost a million reichmarks,

depression of 1929-30 till 38 39 meant millions of germans could not find work,rearmament meant jobs and food for millions,,adolf schickelgrubber found the people receptive to defying the armistice terms,blaming germanys' problems on the allies,the jews,and russian bolsheviks
presidentofallantarctica
2010-05-10 01:17:44 UTC
The Germans were so depressed they didn't feel like getting out of bed in the morning. Hitler came along and said, "Don't worry, you didn't really lose WWI, you were betrayed by Communists and Jews. Now get to work!" Hitler lubricated German expansion with huge taxes on the rich, (especially if you were a rich Jew), and invested the money into weaponry and brainwashing. This was not a sustainable economic policy, unless they went to war to get more victims to take money from. And most rich people were leaving Europe and taking their money with them, usually going to the USA, helping to finance OUR military expansion, so we could nip the 3rd Reich in the bud.
2010-05-10 14:37:02 UTC
Shut up, you trashy badly-raised filth.
American Noodle
2010-05-10 14:37:05 UTC
are you a racist



hate German Americans?


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