Michael Pioso
6/7/13
Blue Block
Global Dominance Throughout the 20th Century:
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ability to control domestic affairs, such as citizens and economy
related ventures, as well as having influence over surrounding
countries exemplifies the idea of global dominance, which is most
significantly demonstrated by Germany in the Interwar Period. Germany
had been defeated in World War I, and were served with heavy
punishments and regulations that would disallow them to rise to power
again. Yet German citizens were not willing to accept these
conditions, and were unified together under the rule of Adolf Hitler,
a man who would change Germany forever. Hitler and his Nazi troops
began to pose a large threat to Britain, France, the Soviet Union and
the United States around 1939. Germany swiftly drove through Poland
in a month, yet “not before Great Britain and France had
reluctantly declared war” (“World War II”). Before the actual
war had begun, Hitler and his Nazi forces had used propaganda and
large, public, open air announcements to convince the Germans that
the war as well as the slaying of all Jews would lead to a perfect
dynasty, named the Third Reich. Along with complete cooperation from
their citizens, Nazi Germany also had a budding economy that was
centered around weapon manufacturing. They had ignored the
regulations and punishments with out instigating trouble with France
or Britain, and only 21 years later after the Treaty of Versailles,
Germany was once again rising to power. Throughout World War II,
Germany retained power in much of North Africa throughout World War
II, suggesting that they not only controlled their people, but that
they also controlled other territories outside of their original
realm of influence. Essentially, Germany's ability to control its
citizens, recover and reclaim prominence after a major downfall,
colonize other territories while remaining a major threat to seize
control of much of the world, suggests that Germany was truly a
globally dominant country. In other words, Germany throughout much of the 20th
century defined global dominance.
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