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WWI was a gruesome war with the most casualties of any war throughout history. It is even said that World War I had more casualties than the second one. Germany, before the war, were the biggest industrial empire producing most of Europe’s steel. However, Germany was too proud of their Empire and their immediate rush in proving their dominance proved to be quite disastrous for them. Germany lost WWI because of military, economic and political reasons.

The British navy was the most powerful at the time of WWI. With this advantage over the Central Powers, they saw that blocking the Central Powers’ ports would be an easy task. With Germany’s low economy at the time, this cut it off to leave the Germans with a miniscule income. Germany had to rely on inland trade which was only a minority because they could not trade with most European countries due to main enemies. Germany also were not efficient with their food supply to the army. The British were very economic during the war and rationed food. Rationing meant that the whole population would get the same amount of food daily. This cut down on costs. The Germans, however, did not ration and even sent in farmer to fight in the war which left the farms in poor condition or completely abandoned.
Because of the lack of morale and food supply, Germany were defeated by November 1918. Germany’s mistake of the Von Schleiffen plan can be said to be the fault of Belgium becoming hostile as well as Britain entering the war. The Von Schleiffen Plan was to march through Belgium and attack France from the side which would catch France unguarded. The Germans praised the plan and saw it as a quick battle in which France would be instantly overrun. This backfired, and other European nations gave heavy propaganda in return to Germany. This was not the only military fault of Germany’s behalf, no support from its allies, Austria-Hungary and Italy, led to mainly the Germans fighting the rest of the world. Germany had to face the US, Britain, France, Russia, etc on all of its borders. Italy even fought against the Germans half way through the war. Germany’s final offensive was the last battle of the war. The high command, instead of discussing a peaceful resolution, attempted a final attempt to push but were crushed by the entry of the US. Around 100,000 American soldiers entered France every month.
In respect to propaganda at the time, the Germans were very new to this and did not grasp the political tactic entirely. Propaganda is creating and distributing information in order to influence an outcome. The Germans made the allies as small and puny which made the soldiers view the exact same. The British, however, described the Germans as gorillas tearing the world apart. The British saw the Germans like that and were prepared to fight an equal adversary whereas Germany saw contradictory. The Zimmerman Telegram was another political reason for Germany’s loss. It was a telegram sent from the Kaiser to Mexico which asked them to join against the US. The US found out about this and acted upon it by joining the allies and defeating Germany’s final assault.
In conclusion, Germany did a numerous amount of mistakes to cause their defeat. If they would have thought their actions through, they might have actually won. Their propaganda, The Von Schleiffen Plan, the starvation of their own soldiers, as well as the reasons discussed above, all served to backfire upon themselves. Germany might have been the biggest industrial empire, but they lacked tactics and the experience that Britain and France had. Let us not forget that Germany was founded not long before the war.