Nazi Germany

&nbsp Nazi Germany sprang from the ashes of the German Empire, and was a root cause of WWII.

The Wiemar Republic
Main Article: Wiemar Republic 

The Wiemar Republic was the German state set up by the Treaty of Versalies. It was a weak republic under President Paul Von Hindenburge. The weak government and the Great Depression brought about a civil war between political parties. One of these partes was the National Socialist German Workers Party.

Rise of Hitler
 Main Article: Adolph Hitler 

A young Austrian Corporal named Adolph Hitler joined the party in 1919, and soon rose to be the Fuhrer of the NSDAP. He was elected Chancellor of Germany took the title of Fuhrer of Germany after the death of Hindenburge. he quickly began making the contry into a totalitarian state, using preivous passed bills to legaly gain dictator's power.

The Greater German Reich
The NSDAP began to rebuild Germany's ruined military, building new ships and submarines for the navy, now dubbed the Kreigsmarine, Aircraft for the secretly forming Luftwaffe , and massing soldiers for the new Whermacht. The state took over bussiness and abolished worker unions, thereby rebuilding the German economy. It built Autobahns to easier travel, and hired Ferdinand Porshe to build a new People's Car, or Volkswagon.

Early War
Nazi Germany seemed unstoppable as it rolled through all of Western Europe in 1939 and early 1940, taking all but England. Hitler's plans were thwarted by the RAF, and Operation Sea Lion had to be postponed. It was the first major defeat of the war.

Operation Babarossa
Hitler invaded Russia in June of 1941, and once aggain continued to advance through the nation, decimating the Red Army. His forces were bogged down in the winter, and the invasion fell apart. His tanks had stalled outside of Moscow, Leningrad was beseiged, and the Sixth Army was surrounded at Stalingrad. The russians began beating the Germans all the way to Berlin.

Operation Overlord
In June 1944, the Allied invaded France, breaking through the Atlantic Wall and pushing toward Paris. After the Falaise Gap was closed, Paris was liberated, and the allies launced the airborne attack on Hollanf in Operation Market-Garden. It was a miserable failure for the allies, but they continued there push.

Seelow and Berlin
The Russians attacked the last German defensive line around the Seelow Hights in April of 1945, breaking through the feirce resistance and reaching Berlin. The city was surrounded, and It fell shortly after the death of Hitler.

Final Days
Karl Donitz fought for a short time before he surrended all German Forces on May 7th 1945 to General Eisenhower.

Post War
The Werwolf gurrilla units operated for a short time after the fall of the Nazi regime, but were very inefectual. Neo-Nazism also sprang from them.