After going through the war of Austria and France, Germany was unified. After unification, Germany became the de facto overlord of continental Europe.
After the reunification of Germany, before the outbreak of World War I, Germany had made great strides, especially in terms of industry that surpassed traditional countries such as Britain and France, second only to the United States, ranking second in the world. With the development of industry and the improvement of comprehensive national strength, Germany urgently needs to open up the world's raw materials and sales market. Germany is like a treasure gourd filled with baby, and the baby inside needs to be poured out, it is a pity that the hoist port is too small, so it can only be a little crowded at a time. Although Germany has excellent industrial technology, due to geographical location restrictions, it will inevitably lead to insufficient stamina.
The biggest obstacle for Germany to expand outside and open its overseas market is its former ally, Britain, which has a kinship with itself.
The expansion of Britain was more than a century earlier than the unification of Germany. It can be said that the world structure at that time was generally set, and it was not that easy for Germany to get in touch. The UK controls 1/4 Earth and 0.4 billion population, which means that the UK controls most of the world's markets and raw materials, and the UK controls mostly rich regions. Although German industry ranks first in Europe, its political influence, finance, and economy in the world are far inferior to those in Britain. Once the war starts, the British followers will join us.
Economically, just as Germany was about to expand, he hoped to cut the knife here. If you want to cut a knife there, you can see that it is also from the UK. Competition in the UK is definitely not a competitor in the UK. In South America and Turkey outside the British colony, British businessmen were defeated by German businessmen. Now I want to, and I don't want. The competition between Britain and Germany broke out because of the fact that a cool-dead camel is bigger than a horse and no one is willing to make it.
In terms of political and military affairs, Britain was mainly holding a wait-and-see attitude during the French war. After the French war, France was defeated and cashed out of land. Germany was unified and became the continental overlord, breaking the traditional balance of forces policy in Britain. In addition to the economic competition between Britain and Germany and the expansion of the German naval forces, the UK can no longer sit down, weigh the advantages and disadvantages, and the UK has coordinated the conflicts between France and Russia, and began to strip the network for Germany. Before World War I, Italy, which originally belongs to the German-Italian alliance, was added to the GCI camp. On continental Europe, Germany was surrounded by three sides: east, west, and south, on the sea, the Royal British Navy blocked most of German naval forces in Hong Kong, so that most German naval surface ships did not play a major role in the First World War. Now, Germany is doomed to fail.
Diplomatic relations with the United States, whether in Britain and France or in Germany, tried to win over the United States before and during the war. But the final result is that Germany has lost to Britain and France. Rather than losing diplomacy to Britain and France, it is better to say that Germany has defeated itself, especially the notorious "Unlimited submarine warfare", which has offended the world, all over the world regard Germany as a demon for killing civilians. This makes the United States join the ranks of Britain and France without looking back. In addition, the United States's intelligence agencies cracked the support of German spies for anti-US activities in Mexico, making the United States angry. As the United States fought in the war, it was time for Germany to fail.
After World War I, Germany was banned from providing military equipment, and the British finally ended up with the German naval forces. The German naval forces were not developing until the outbreak of World War II. This was a great benefit to British local security, and post-profit.
Before the outbreak of World War II, the world's major capitalist countries experienced a great slump. Britain, France, Japan, the United States and other countries are busy solving the domestic economic crisis and cannot take care of Germany. On the one hand, Germany pays compensation to the victorious countries and develops military weapons.
After the outbreak of World War II, Germany swept across Western European countries, and the British troops withdrew from the UK to save the resistance. In fact, at that time, the probability that Germany would take over the UK is almost zero:
First, Germany does not have a powerful naval surface warship troops. Therefore, it is far from enough for the Germans to seize the maritime regime and block the British with only the submarine. In addition, the German submarine forces were only brilliant in 1942, later, the British implemented a new type of anti-submarine technology and tactics, and the German submarine's performance plummeted.
Second, although the German Air Force was strong, the majority of German Air Force bomber troops were tactical bombers at that time. They only bombed the British radar stations, airports, and ports and damaged the British Industrial Base relatively little, compared with the British and American earlier strategic bombing of Germany, the damage was much smaller.
Third, history shows that if you are preparing to log on to the system, you should first master the absolute sea-making and air-making permissions. In addition, the attacker's login troops should be far greater than the defender's personnel and equipment. This is reflected in the subsequent North Africa login, sisily login, Normandy login, and Okinawa login. The Germans in the early stages of World War II did not meet these conditions, because the German troops also dispersed in the continental occupation.
To seek assistance from the United States, Britain uses diplomatic and political means to form an alliance with the United States. The United States not only provides weapons and equipment support for the United States, but also provides powerful economic support, with the most powerful backing of the United States, the probability that German troops take over the UK is equal to zero. One of the main reasons for the United States to declare war on the nation is that the United States is a democratic country and an immigrant country, the descendants of encroached countries, such as Chinese, Dutch, Polish, French, Belgian, Norwegian, and especially Jewish, strongly demanded the United States to join the war. Second, President Roosevelt predicted that if Germany occupies Europe and Japan occupies Asia, their next goal would be the United States, and the United States would not be able to sit down. Third, the aggression against Germany and Japan has destroyed the world's democratic order.
To sum up, Germany has paid a heavy price for its strategic mistakes. Therefore, Germany will never be able to kill continental Europe.
Turn: http://www.toutiao.com/a6355065717013332226? Tt_from = mobile_qq & utm_campaign = client_share & App = e_e_article & utm_source = mobile_qq & IID = 6138445707 & utm_medium = toutiao_ios
Why can't Germany become the world leader in the two wars?