Why was Germany hated during World War 1?

Answer 1

WW 1 or as it was often referred to as "The Great War" was devastating. Millions of soldiers and civilians lost their lives. In the modern era to that point in time it was the largest modern war in European history.

Answer 2

There is no simple answer so sit tight.

Tensions had been building up between the two super alliances of Europe for years; these where the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austro-Hungary and Italy) and the Triple Entente (Britain, France and Russia) due to several reasons.

Firstly each super power was trying to expand territory and build empires; second each had a large army and wanted to stay ahead of the competition and all the people of the various countries distrusted each other (not much different from today).

Because of these tensions only a small spark was needed to set of the entire continent in a huge war. That spark came in the form of the assassination of the Archduke of Austro-Hungry Franz Ferdinand (nothing to do with the band of the same name) by Serbian extremists. Austro-Hungry demanded reconciliation but Serbia refused leading Austro-Hungry to declare war on them. Russia had promised to protect Serbia they declared war on Austro-Hungry and that caused Germany to help its ally and declare war on Russia, which caused France to declare war on Germany.

Germany knew that to win a war on two fronts against Russia and France they would need a good plan so they came up with the schlieffen plan which was the plan to use 90% of their army to defeat France while using the remaining 10% to tie up Russia long enough for the rest to arrive from France and defeat Russia. To do this they would have to pass through Belgium but doing so would violate the Treaty of London which said that all countries would respect and defend Belgium's neutrality. The Germans did invade Belgium which caused the British to honour the treaty and declare war on Germany.

In 1915 the Lusitania an American civilian transport was sunk by German forces which caused America to join the war in 1918 and provide that forces needed for the last push which defeated the Germans and win the war.

That is how the war started and how each country involved entered it.

Answer 3

People hated World War 1 because they felt that it was unfair that they had no choice but to go and fight someone else's war (for instance, some people questioned: why doesn't the president of this country fight the president of this country in a boxing match and whoever wins wins the war?)

Not to mention one of the greatest casualty statistics known to man at the time.

This is why the people at that time referred to themselves as the "Lost Generation."

Answer 4

Although Austria-Hungary started the war, Germany took the rap for it. British, French, American, and other Allied soldiers found themselves fighting Germans more often than Austrians or Turks. Germany also violated Belgium's neutrality, used submarines and zeppelins against civilians, and was the first country to use poison gas. And although Edith Cavell admitted that she helped British soldiers to escape, the Germans were hated for executing her. Playing by the rules was not enough anymore in the new century. It was a time when a country at war needed to be conscious of its image, and Germany was not.

Answer 5

America, prior to the First World War was rather isolationist and generally didn't see the conflicts between Europeans as being any of America's business and certainly nothing worth shedding American Blood over.

Woodrow Wilson's Administration organized and ran a very successful Propaganda campaign against Germany, whipping up sentiment to go to war on the side of Britain and France.

One example: Germany paid newspapers to run an ad warning Americans not to board the steam ship Lusitania, which was a legitimate war target and subject to attack. Under US government pressure every newspaper save for one in Des Moines decided not to run it, thus very likely increasing the number of Americans who boarded it. The subsequent sinking of the liner advanced the anti-German sentiment quite nicely.

Answer 6

People had to go fight in the army at World War 1 otherwise they would have been shot dead or killed.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

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