Question

The punishment of Germany by the Allies in the Treaty of Versailles was one of the major factors that led to the rise of Hitler and World War II.
Choose 3 of the following statements to support this Thesis.
Question 3 options:


People would still have hated the Wiemar govt because they were used to strong leaders (Bismarck and Wilhelm) and the republic was not.


Germany would not have wanted revenge if they were given a just peace so there would be no need to fight again


Nationalism would have continued to rise in Germany and may have taken a different form but World War II was still inevitable


Germany not being punished in the war would have made the Nazi party more of a fringe party


Fascism would have still appealed to the German people therefore they would have joined Italy and Spain regardless


The Wiemar republic would not have been as weak and would have been able to survive the great depression


Germany still would have gone into a Great Depression because the rest of the world did, so it would have changed nothing

Answer 1

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Germany would not have wanted revenge if they were given a just peace so there would be no need to fight again. This is because Hitler used the feeling of nationalism in order to influence the Germans to think they were mistreated and that they deserve better, this originated the idea that Germany must be above everything, a common consequence of exaggerated nationalism.

Hitler's promises would not have as much power because they would not have been as powerful. Without the feeling of mistreatment it would not have been easy for Hitler to influence and manipulate the Germans.

Germany not being punished in the war would have made the Nazi party more of a fringe party. Again, this is because it would not gain much power, they appealed to the feeling that led to nationalism as an ideology to gain power and control.

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