They had a two fronted war. Trying to keep England at bay during the same time they invaded Russia with operation barbarossa. Its kinda like the US today, having a two fronted war cuts your available resources in half, its almost impossible to keep going sucessfully so eventually German's just ran out of good troops and equipment to hold off the Allies.
The Allies looked at the capabilities of Germany, Italy & Japan to determine which of the three was the most dangerous and therefore needed to be defeated first.
Germany was clearly the most dangerous of the three. The British & Americans each had their own methods of evaluation, however in my opinion these are based primarily on four evaluation factors:
1) Scientific & Technological capability.
2) Economic, Industrial & Agricultural capability.
3) Overall Military power & capability to sustain or grow this power.
4) Geography, geopolitics & history. Example-Germany was geographically nearer to Britain, compared to Italy & Japan and was therefore a greater threat. Also Germany had historically been more of a threat to Britain than Italy or Japan. Also the German Navy, especially U-Boats, were a greater threat based on their location, than the Japanese or Italian navies to the primary British & American shipping routes & traffic. There are numerous more illustrations or examples.
Although the Japanese Navy & the Italian Navy each had a larger surface fleet than Germany, they were considered less of a threat. Italy's Navy was mostly confined to the Mediterranean Sea. Japan's Navy was located primarily in the western Pacific Ocean & Asia far away from the continental United States. Additionally Germany had a large & growing U-Boat fleet well suited to anti-shipping warfare against the Allies in the Atlantic Ocean & North Sea.
Because they were the aggressors that invaded other countries.
Hitler wanted to control all the world and Russia was part of that. It was also a threat and one of the countries that defeated Germany in World War I.
Its government committed Australia to the war, following slavishly the British lead, even though Germany did not pose a threat to Australia.
Germany posed no direct threat to America early on in World War I, until America came to the aid (with men and equipment) of Britain and the Allies fighting against Germany on European soil. Both in the first and second world wars with Germany, the industrial might, and the manpower the Americans could bring to bear, directly helped bring about the defeat of Germany in the West and saved Britain and Allies from defeat - with Russia fighting towards Berlin as (at that time) an Ally.
The Germans may have viewed Hitler as their last hope because at the time Hitler came into power they were suffering and economic depression. Germany was broken from World War I and the reparations they were charged with. Hitler promised to restore Germany's economy and to build a strong country.
The war affected all the six main players of world war one (UK, France, Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary) by affecting them socially, politically, economically and militarily. As a matter of fact, Germany suffered the greatest loss.
The were a large threat to countries in Europe.
Because of the threat of the Soviet Union.
Yes, it was a threat after both World Wars
Well the citizens were not shocked. They thought of Germany as the greatest country in the world and were not afraid to die for it. They were determined and keen.
Because Germany was a threat to France since Germans captured Napoleon III at Sedan. The idea was to keep Germany weak so they could not longer be a threat to France, but this just created hate resentment in the Germany population that will catalyst the World War II.
After world war two, Germany was seperated into the communist East Germany and the democratic West Germany. The greatest symbol of this division was the Berlin wall.
Mainly the spread of communism. Americans also viewed the USSR as a nuclear threat.
It's scientists. During World War 2 they fled to America, otherwise Germany would be the strongest and greatest country in the world and not America.
Germany was viewed as one of the world's most advanced and developed nations at the turn of the century due to their rapid growth militarily, economically, and research fields. They were challenging many of the other European powers at the time, including Britain and France.
Germany was a concern because of it's militarily power and centrality in Europe.
Hitler wanted to control all the world and Russia was part of that. It was also a threat and one of the countries that defeated Germany in World War I.
Germany.