The Impact Of World War One On German Society
In a 20 year span the small right-wing party, NSDAP (Nazi), made up of fifty-four members in 1919, transformed into one of the most powerful, dangerous, and influential political parties that the world has ever seen. To understand this phenomenon and the exponential expansion that Nazi party experienced one must look back to the beginning of the 20th century.
The First World War left the nation of Germany in ruins. The aftermath and the widespread distraught of WW1 completely changed the German society. The economic, political, and social consequences of the war drastically impacted the daily lives of Germans and the ramifications weighed so heavily on the nation that there was an intrinsic reaction to blame. People turned to a
number of different outlets to blame and this ultimately led to one of the most extensive “We & They” division that modern civilization has ever encountered.
As a direct result of modern weaponry such as machine guns, chemical weapons, and grueling trench warfare, the end of World War I had more than 9 million casualties and 21 million injuries. An entire generation of boys were on the verge of being wiped out. To add to the intense distraught after the war, many of the surviving soldiers were under the opinion that the war had not been lost in a fair manner (Hitler coined this belief as 'The Stab in the back'). The widespread belief among these soldiers was that they had been cheated. Cheated out of a victory and cheated into signing the treaty of Versailles.
The First World War left the nation of Germany in ruins. The aftermath and the widespread distraught of WW1 completely changed the German society. The economic, political, and social consequences of the war drastically impacted the daily lives of Germans and the ramifications weighed so heavily on the nation that there was an intrinsic reaction to blame. People turned to a
number of different outlets to blame and this ultimately led to one of the most extensive “We & They” division that modern civilization has ever encountered.
As a direct result of modern weaponry such as machine guns, chemical weapons, and grueling trench warfare, the end of World War I had more than 9 million casualties and 21 million injuries. An entire generation of boys were on the verge of being wiped out. To add to the intense distraught after the war, many of the surviving soldiers were under the opinion that the war had not been lost in a fair manner (Hitler coined this belief as 'The Stab in the back'). The widespread belief among these soldiers was that they had been cheated. Cheated out of a victory and cheated into signing the treaty of Versailles.