How was Germany able to do so well at the beginning of the world wars considering it was up against huge enemies?
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WWI, from what I understood. Germany were the new guys, made up of a bunch of very wealthy cities and former countries all under one new union. Germany knew their neighbors were not very happy about having a new united superpower on the block, so the Germans spent a lot of time building up a military and making plans to defend itself if their neighbors declared war.
The rest of Europe was in an economic boom, rich people getting richer, and the idea of a war in Europe between superpowers was unthinkable. Why would someone go to war in Europe when that would just hurt everyone’s wallets? Then a dying kid kills a duke, Russia decides it’s train time, and Europe is at war.
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