历史篇之德国的兴起与膨胀

Every nation in the world has the time when it rises its power and become the most dominant force in the world. A nation located in the westcentral of Europe known as Germany has been established in 1871 when Germany became an unified state known as "Germanic". The horror of war began on the mainlands of Europe.

From 1870 to 1871, Germany has been suffered from Franco Prussian War when the ruler of Germany at that time was Bismarck known as "Iron Chancellor". He was one of the founding father of Germany Federal and he had strong capacity of combating. He was the true hero that helped Germany wining the war only about a year. After the Franco Prussian War, German ambitions began to grow.

Germany massively developed its economy and military power and became one of the strongest power in Europe around 1900s. The ambition of Germany promoted it to conquer more territories. World War One started in 1914 when the Allied Powers heard the news of The Sarajevo Incident. Germany, in order to support its allied (Austria Hungary) declared the war on Serbia, France, UK, and Russia. World War One was famous for Battle of Somme where the main military power has been contained in that area where France has less pressure in Verdun. It was the first war in human history where tanks appears. Another battle was the Battle of Verdun where both Germany and France has a lot of casualties. When Germany Empire attacked on US cargo ship in 1917 and US declared war on Germany, the situation of World War One has been significantly adjusted.

In 1918, Germany finally announced surrender. Under the pressure of Treaty of Versailles and Great Depression in an international background, Germany has been suffered from a difficulties of life. The price in Germany was extremely high, which leads to inflation in markets. Civilians even did not have potential to purchase a piece of bread. In this case, a soldier from World War One came into his political career and the most evil dictator Adolf Hitler rises his power in Germany in 1933 and became an authentic dictator in the following year. Nazi becme the largest party in Germany during that time. Hitler abolish rules of Treaty of Versailles and enlarge his army force. Before 1939, Germany has become second strongest nation in Europe behind the Soviet Union. In 1939, German ambition to conquer land became even more stronger. Therefore, the Europe and the world were demanded to suffer from a war again. Poland became the first county Nazis had conquerd and then Belgium, Demark, Norway... Finally, the strongest land force France has been conquered by Hitler. However, Hilter and Nazis wanted more, thus they sent troops to fight against UK even the Soviet Union in 1941. The Nazis must be punished for their widespread expansion and atrocities. As two superpowers Soviet Union and the USA joined the war, the allied power began into victory.

Germany finally surrendered again in 1945 and as punishment, Germany has been split into 4 zones. Germany has been divided into East Germany where lead by Soviet and West Germany where lead by western powers. In 1961, the rise of Berlin Wall symbolized the division of two world and intensity of Cold War. Finally, in 1989, Berlin Wall was crashed down and Germany finally became an independent unified nation again until now. Germany becomes the largest economy in Europe, one of the most important members of European Union, and one of the most developed countries in the world nowadays.

世界上每个国家都有崛起的时候，成为世界上最具统治力的力量。1871年，当德国成为一个被称为“日耳曼”的统一国家时，一个位于欧洲中西部的国家被称为德国。战争的恐怖开始于欧洲大陆。从1870年到1871年，德国遭受了普法战争，当时德国的统治者是被称为“铁宰相”的俾斯麦。他是德意志联邦的开国元勋之一，具有很强的战斗能力。他是真正的英雄，帮助德国赢得了仅仅一年的战争。普法战争后，德国的野心开始增长。德国大规模发展其经济和军事力量，并在20世纪左右成为欧洲最强大的国家之一。德国的野心促使它征服了更多的领土。第一次世界大战开始于1914年，当时盟军听到了萨拉热窝事件的消息。德国，为了支持它的盟友(奥地利匈牙利)对塞尔维亚、法国、英国和俄罗斯宣战。第一次世界大战以索姆河战役而闻名，主要的军事力量被限制在法国在凡尔登的压力较小的地区。这是人类历史上第一次坦克出现的战争。另一场战役是凡尔登战役，德国和法国都有很多伤亡。1917年德意志帝国袭击美国货船，美国对德宣战，一战形势发生了重大调整。1918年，德国终于宣布投降。在《凡尔赛条约》和国际大萧条的压力下，德国陷入了生活的困境。德国的价格非常高，导致了市场的通货膨胀。平民甚至没有可能购买一片面包。在这个例子中，一个第一次世界大战的士兵进入了他的政治生涯，最邪恶的独裁者阿道夫·希特勒于1933年在德国崛起，并在第二年成为真正的独裁者。纳粹成为当时德国最大的政党。希特勒废除了《凡尔赛条约》的条款，扩大了他的军队。1939年之前，德国已经成为欧洲第二强大的国家，仅次于苏联。1939年，德国征服土地的野心变得更加强烈。因此，欧洲和世界被要求再次遭受一场战争。波兰成为纳粹征服的第一个国家，然后是比利时、丹麦、挪威……最后，最强大的陆地部队法国被希特勒征服了。然而，希特勒和纳粹想要更多，因此他们在1941年派兵与英国甚至苏联作战。纳粹的大规模扩张和暴行必须受到惩罚。随着两个超级大国苏联和美国加入战争，盟军开始取得胜利。德国最终在1945年再次投降，作为惩罚，德国被分成4个区。德国被分为以苏联为首的东德和以西方列强为首的西德。1961年，柏林墙的倒塌标志着两个世界的分裂和冷战的加剧。最后，1989年柏林墙被推倒，德国终于再次成为一个独立统一的国家，直到现在。德国成为欧洲最大的经济体，欧盟最重要的成员国之一，也是当今世界上最发达的国家之一。