If Germany had not been sanctioned so harshly maybe The Treaty of Versailles wouldn’t be so harsh on Germany. This would mean they wouldn’t have to pay such a large amount or at all in reparations on top of them already being broke. This would cause the tensions and emotions in Germany to not be so heightened. This could possibly make the climate in Germany calm enough that Hitler wouldn’t be able to take over and win the people of Germany’s allegiance. This could have stopped all of WWII from happening.
WW2 - Oversimplified (Part 1)[Video file]. (2018). Retrieved July 01, 2020, from https://www.google.com/url?sa=t%2C It is kind of difficult to see the connection between WWI and the Treaty of Versailles and my group's kahiau project. But during this time is when Facism was invented as well as poverty in Germany. Facism is “a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition which leads to a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control” (Webster's Dictionary). Simply put facism is a government structure where one person, a dictator, has complete control over an entire country, state, or territory. Anyone who disagrees with the dictator is silenced and civilians rights are often oppressed. Definition of Fascism. (n.d.). Retrieved 2020, from https://www.merriam-webster.com
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