Section I: Historical background The roots of Nazi Germany go back to the beginnings of Germany as a united country, in the late 19th century. Germany before and during World War I The German Empire, 1871-1914 In 1871, the whole of Germany had been united under the new German Empire. It was ruled by an […]
Treaty of Versailles
Between the Wars: 1919 to 1941
Section 1: After World War I The end of World War I did not bring an end to tragedy. By a dreadful irony, just as the carnage of World War I was coming to an end, a world-wide pandemic called the Spanish Flu broke out. This killed between 50 and 100 million people, far more than […]