How did Germany contribute to ww2?

1939. After securing the neutrality of the Soviet Union (through the August 1939 German-Soviet Pact of nonaggression), Germany started World War II by invading Poland on September 1, 1939. Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on September 3.

What contributed most to Germany’s defeat in WWI?

The final reason for Germany’s failure in World War I was its decision to carry out submarine attack against merchant ships in the Atlantic Ocean during the war. Germany launched many U-boats (submarines) during World War I and used them to try to force Britain from the war.

What did Germany have to do to its military based on the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?

Other key provisions of the Treaty of Versailles called for the demilitarization and occupation of the Rhineland, limited Germany’s army and navy, forbade it to maintain an air force, and required it to conduct war crimes trials against Kaiser Wilhelm II and other leaders for their aggression.

What could Germany have done differently to win World War II?

Here are some things that Germany could have done differently to win the war: Overthrow Adolf Hitler Before or Immediately After he violated the Munich Pact Overthrowing Hitler or assassinating him was probably the single most important thing Germany could have done to win World War II, assuming it had ended up fighting it at all without him.

Was Germany’s defeat in WW1 inevitable?

Germany’s defeat was inevitable from the beginning, because there was never a chance that Germany could take on the world’s four greatest powers: British Empire, USSR, USA and French Empire. Only way for Germany to “win” the war is not to fight it.

What happened to the Saarland after WW2?

Following its defeat in World War II, Germany was stripped of its gains, and furthermore a quarter of its old pre-war territory was annexed to Poland and the Soviet Union. Their German populations were expelled to the West. Also, Saarland was under French control until 1957.

What was life like in Germany during WW2?

Food shortages in Germany were not serious until late in the war. Women were allowed to stay at home, and the energies of the German workforce were not stretched to their limits, because eventually some seven million foreign slave labourers were used to keep the war effort going.

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