Background and History of Germany
Today, Germany is a very powerful Country and is a major player in world foreign affairs. It has an estimated population of 80.8 million people, with the largest population in the European Union. However it has taken Germany many years to reform their nation. After world war one the value of Germany’s currency dropped significantly. Germany accepted defeat after a four year bloody battle with an estimated 1.6 million German deaths. Germany’s economy begins to collapse under the weight of the Great War, due to repatriations demanded by the allies and the debt which was inflicted during the war. Inflation and unemployment begin to soar.
Hitler came into power in 1933 after he was appointed Chancellor of Germany. He believed Germany should make itself powerful through war, and thanks to his desires to expand Germany’s borders through force. World War Two began in September 1939.
In 1949, during the cold war two German states were formed: the Federal Republic of Germany to the west and the German Democratic Republic to the east. It took thirty years for the country to reform. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German Unification in 1990.
Germany has spent the last half century recovering from its political, economic and moral strength. However, despite all of the countries misfortune Germany has built itself back up as a country and as a nation. Germany’s economic success since World War Two is mainly from its export industries fiscal discipline and consensus-driven industrial relations and welfare policies. Germany bounced back and became one of Europe’s economic giants and today is a fundamental mover in European co-operation.
Despite the fact that Germany’s export industry was hit hard from the global recession in 2008 and 2009. By 2010 Germany’s economy bounced back and is now the fourth most powerful country in the world after USA Japan and China for its GDP. After decades of lagging behind...