German Revanchism: Bridging the World Wars

... Germany that from the very start had been propped up by military, economic and political successes. The second is the outcome of World War One, primarily the Treaty of Versailles that humiliated the defeated German nation. The third was in the all-out financial support by the United ... ... in the mid-19th century, Germany surpassed many other European states in diplomatic, economic and military affairs. As for WWI, the European countries were entangled in problems aggravated by reciprocal claims and disagreements dating back to the Crimean ...