By: Kevin Cheng 11T
‘Nazi Beliefs meant that war was inevitable” Use the sources and your own knowledge to explain whether you agree with this view. (12 marks)
‘Nazi Beliefs’ believed that only a superior race, the Aryan Race should rule above all. Their ideology suggested that the communists and the Jewish population were inferior to them and therefore must be banned. Hence, war would be able to bring about this power in order for the Nazis to establish their goals. There are for and against arguments in order to decide which statement is true.
By the time Hitler heard about the Armistice in November 1918, Germany had already surrendered to their enemies, as described in Source A. The country therefore had to suffer the devastating peace treaty known as “The Treaty of Versailles.” The factors of the treaty brought about a tremendous lost for the Germans. It included taking about 14% of their land, cutting down the size of the army and reparations for war damage. This was the point where Hitler’s strong thought of revenge against the loss of WWI and obviously the devastating Treaty of Versailles. The biggest enemies of Hitler are obviously the allies, who forced Germany to take the whole responsibility for the war; in addition, Hitler believed that the Communists and the Jewish also held responsibility for the loss of WWI. In order to take revenge for these groups, Hitler would inevitably have to go to war.
