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National Socialist German Worker's Party: The Nazi Party

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The Nazi Party, also known as the National Socialist German Worker’s Party, was a mass movement under the leadership of Adolf Hitler. This movement ruled Germany between 1933 and 1945, and promoted German pride and anti-Semitism throughout the German Nation. The group was founded in 1919 and clearly expressed their resentment and anger towards the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. Because of the treaty, the Germans had to take full responsibility for the war, as well as pay reparations, their army was minimised and they lost a tenth of their territory, and the Germans believed that the treaty was an attempt to ruin their economy. The Weimar Republic, which was the democratic government founded in Germany, was suffering by violent uprising and economic difficulties. The treaty was one of the main motives of the Nazi Party, as well as …show more content…

Hitler promised Germany to overthrow the treaty, as well as stop reparations and restore pride to Germany. In Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf, which translates to My Struggle or My Battle, he stated that he planned to abolish the Treaty of Versailles, and he broke the terms of the treaty many times. Although the treaty only allowed Germany to have an army of 100,000 men, Hitler built up his army in privacy, before holding a public rearement rally in 1935. However, the other nations let him get away with it, in fact, despite the treat only allowing Germany six battleships, Britain allowed Germany access to 35% of the British navy. Therefore, in 1939, Germany possessed 94 warships, 8,250 aeroplanes, and almost one million men in the army. The Nazi Party thrived and flourished because of the Treaty of Versailles, and it is possible that if the treaty did not exist, Hitler may never have come to power. The Nazi Party offered a way out of the great depression that happened as a result of the treaty, as the reparations Germany had to pay were so

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