Several reasons:
- Building up and maintaining a great army is very expensive for a country. The more the other countries can stall and delay a war, the less money and resources the first country will have to fight the war with.
- If the other countries started strengthening their armies too much/too obviously, then the first country might see that as a reason to attack, while the coming enemy is still weak.
- Going to war is always a huge decision and a huge committment. It has a high price, in every way you can measure it. People get killed, stuff gets destroyed. Countries can't trade as they used to. etc etc.
Nazi Germany .
Italy and japan were the allies of Germany
Germany and the Allies declared an armistice during World War I due to the exhaustion of resources, mounting casualties, and the collapse of the German military front.
The allies set up a military government after the war and the Soviets were given control of what became East Germany.
The allies started by liberating countries Germany occupied early in the war. then there was a smash of Germany as the Western Allies and the Russians pour in on both sides, causing Germany to not be able to get any resources which made lots of citizens starve. Then the Russians invade Berlin causing Germany to surender.
became allies of Germany
Major Allies (full military participation)BelgiumSerbiaFrench EmpireRussian EmpireBritish EmpireItalyRomaniaUnited StatesMinor Allies (limited military participation)MontenegroJapanPortugalGreeceAlbaniaBrazilArmeniaNepalSiamSan MarinoChinaNominal Allies (cooperated with the allies, but had no military role)AndorraBoliviaCosta RicaCubaEcuadorGuatemalaLiberiaHaitiHondurasPanamaPeruUruguay
Germany had to drastically reduce its military after the Treaty of Versailles primarily due to Article 160, which limited the size of the German army to 100,000 troops and prohibited conscription. This clause aimed to prevent Germany from posing a military threat in the future, reflecting the Allies' desire to weaken the nation after World War I. Additionally, the treaty sought to impose reparations and territorial losses, further diminishing Germany's capacity for military strength and asserting the Allies' control over its post-war recovery.
Because the Russians were once allies with the Germans until the German 'Operation Barbarossa' military campaign ~ see related links below .
No 'bilateral type of allies'. Both Bulgaria and Germany are members of the NATO. That is their ally
Germany's main allies were Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire.
No. Germany and Japan have never exercised political or military control over one another. Germany was instrumental, though, in helping Japan to modernize and the two countries were strong allies in World War II.