Throughout the period 1918 to 1945, the Army was impacted both positively and negatively through the implementation of Nazism. Between the end of the First World War and the implications placed upon Germany under the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, the Army undertook significant restructure. Throughout both the National Socialist German Labour Party, known as the Nazi Party, and leader Adolf Hitler's rise to power, Hitler deliberately targeted the support of the Army in order to …
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…of the Treaty of Versailles, the rearmament of the German Army and re-occupation of de-militarised zones in which impacts upon the Army favourably. However, it is at the outbreak of War where the Army is used as a tool to implement the Nazi's ideologies where the Army is impacted significantly. Suffering 5.7 million casualties and the eventual loss of the Second World War, were all results of Hitler's desire, yet incapability of leading the German Army.