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Main Leader (Militarism and Nationalism)

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Main Leader (Militarism and Nationalism)

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- Militarism and Nationalism go hand in hand with Germany. They believed that to be the best nation and conquer the most land, they had to protect their borders and have the best military.
- They used their big ego to power their military and intimidate surrounding nations in the midst of war. This led to other nations being afraid of them and making them easier for Germany to defeat.
- Their xenophobia also tied to their militarism because they believed they were the best nation and were scared of anyone who wasn't German and forcefully tried to convert them using their military.

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-1879 the Dual Alliance Germany and Austria-Hungary made an alliance to protect themselves from Russia
-1882 The Triple Alliance Germany and Austria-Hungary made an alliance with Italy to stop Italy from  taking sides with Russia

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- After Germany was unified from 26 states to 1 nation, they had to get public attention and show that they were a dominant force to be reckoned with.
- Germans were scared of anyone not German; this led to them wanting to make people become German. The ways they would do this would be obviously by force.
- Germans believed that to show their Nationalism they had to show they were a powerful country; therefore they showed this by using their military.

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- Militarism and Nationalism went hand in hand in Germany. They believed that in order to show Nationalism they had to use their military, as said in the slide prior.
- In order for Germany to back up their reputation, they began to heavily reinforce their navy and army.
- Germany added 170,000 full-time soldiers to its army in 1913-14. In 1898, the German government ordered the construction of 17 new vessels. Berlin also led the way in the construction of military submarines; by 1914 the German navy had 29 operational U-boats.