WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
One of the major problems confronting Germany in fighting the war was the fact that
A
they were fighting on several fronts
B
lack of technology
C
lack of naval power
D
lack of a port
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Germany had to fight a war on two fronts. It wanted to defeat France, Russia’s ally, quickly, so that it could concentrate on the more powerful enemy in the east. The border between France and Germany was heavily fortified. Germany tried to invade France through Belgium in the north.

Detailed explanation-2: -During World War I, Germany fought a two-front war against France, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium and later also American forces on the Western Front and Russia and later Romania on the Eastern Front.

Detailed explanation-3: -Germany had four key fatal weaknesses in the Second World War. These were: the lack of productivity of its war economy, the weak supply lines, the start of a war on two fronts, and the lack of strong leadership.

Detailed explanation-4: -The United States faced a mammoth job in December 1941. Ill-equipped and wounded, the nation was at war with three formidable adversaries. It had to prepare to fight on two distant and very different fronts, Europe and the Pacific.

Detailed explanation-5: -Germany failed to succeed in World War One because of three main reasons, the failure of the Schlieffen plan, nationalism, and the allies’ effective use of attrition warfare.

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