National Socialism and World War II

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After the Treaty of Versailles was forced upon the Germans, there were several challenges the Germans had to deal with. Some examples of the cost of the war to Germany was the forfeiting or giving back of land, its coal mines productions were given to France for a 15 year span, and Germany had to limit its army to 100,000 men with its forces not allowed around the French border. In addition to all of this, Germany was forced to accept war guilt as having been solely responsible for World War I. This had a crippling effect on Germany as they did not believe they had really caused or had lost the war. The bitterness from humiliation as well as the poverty this treaty bestowed upon the people was too much for Germany. This would lead to World War II in later years. Adolf Hitler had a plan to handle these problems that the Germans faced as a result of the war. It is probably best described as National Socialism.

National Socialism is also known as Naziism. A system in which Hitler was referred to as Führer, there was a state control over the economy and production, and there was an agenda for national expansion. The Program of the Nazi party sought to change 3 major concerns in Germany to help their cause in making Germany a force to be reckoned with. The concerns were political, economic, and social.

The Nazi’s way of handling the political concerns was by removing anyone that was non-German from political positions. This would make it so that any laws or decisions made were made for the sole benefit of Germany as the citizen’s only loyalty would be towards Germany. They also sought to deport and non-citizens that would be any potential threat the the Nazi Agenda. Non-citizens were treated as guests and were subject to foreign la...

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...ontributed to the cause of World War II. The humiliation was just too much for Germany and it’s people.

I do not believe World War II could have been prevented. The damage was already done. By the U.S. joining in the war, it became known as a world war. In addition to that, the forcing of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany did not bode well with the Germans. They did not feel that they had really lost the war. And then forced to assume war guilt on top of downsizing it’s army, limiting it’s boundaries, and paying for war damages. It’s pretty evident that Germany would want to punish those that put them in such an impoverished state. The Germans were struggling due to the treaty. There is a saying that “a generation that takes a beating is usually followed by one that deals one.” Nazi Germany sought to deal punishment on those that punished them for the first war.

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