The Importance Of Germany's Rise To Power

Germany’s rise to power in the beginning of the twentieth century, the crises that took place in the Balkans, and alliances between powerful nations are few of the causes of the Great War. Because of the Russians surrendered in the spring of 1918, the Central Powers thought they had the advantage over the Allied Powers because they didn’t have to fight a two front war anymore. Germany had underestimated the United States and their importance for joining the Allies later in the war. The events that preceded World War I and the destruction of Europe would effect and shape the rest of the twentieth century.
The German Empire had increased the size of its navy by 1900. Admiral von Tirpitz was the officer in charge of the German navy at the time and his goal was to build the navy to be stronger than the British navy, which was the top naval power in the world. Since Germany was increasing its military strength in Europe, Great Britain felt …show more content…
The Allied powers owed the United States over seven billion dollars after the war and then eleven billion dollars in 1922 for loans to rebuild the damage. This effected the home of the world money market to moving from London to New York. The countries in Europe had changed from being the loaner of the world to the debtor. Another effect of World War I that hurt Europe was that the war almost killed an entire generation of Europeans. Over eight million men died fighting and twice that were the number of men wounded permanently.
The events that happened during and after World War I would lead up to World War II. Some men that survived World War I eventually became leaders for their countries in the 1930s, like Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. The citizens in their countries looked up to the survivors as father figures and leaders since they fought in the frontline of battles. Obviously, these men had seen turmoil and their actions were inhumane in the second World