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The disarmament of Germany after World War I was decided upon by Allied leadership at the Paris Peace Conference. It was viewed, at the time, as a way to prevent further conflict with Germany and as punishment for Germany's role in World War I. The reduction of Germany's significant manufacturing capacity was one of the goals. [1]
A similar chart focusing solely on quantity of warheads in the multi-megaton range is also available. [17] Moreover, total deployed US & "Russian" strategic weapons increased steadily from the 1980s until the Cold War ended. [18] The United States nuclear stockpile increased rapidly from 1945, peaked in 1966, and declined after that. [1]
The military superiority of Germany was a defining element of Hitler's ideology and foreign policy, which made the idea of disarmament unacceptable. [17] As soon as Hitler rose to power, he began the process of rearming Germany, clearly defying both the Treaty of Versailles and the objective of the Disarmament Conference. [17]
Germany reaffirmed its renunciation of the manufacture, possession, and control of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. In addition to banning a foreign military presence in the former East Germany, the treaty also banned nuclear weapons or nuclear weapon carriers to be stationed in the area, making it a permanent Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone .
The vigorous disarmament program in Germany continued by the UK and the US for the first three years of occupation. [6] This dismantling of industry became increasingly unpopular and ran contrary to the 1948 Marshall Plan's mission to encourage industrial growth.
Democracy in Germany. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-18909-6. Goldberg, Sheldon A. (2017). From Disarmament to Rearmament : The Reversal of US Policy Toward West Germany, 1946–1955. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821423004. Grieder, Peter (2012). The German Democratic Republic. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914–1918 (2009) Hooton, Tim. The Luftwaffe: A Complete History 1933–45 (2010) Kelly, Patrick J. Tirpitz and the Imperial German Navy (2011) excerpt and text search; Kitchen, Martin. A Military History of Germany: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day (1976)
Morgenthau's proposal for the partition of Germany from his 1945 book Germany is Our Problem. The Morgenthau Plan was a proposal to weaken Germany following World War II by eliminating its arms industry and removing or destroying other key industries basic to military strength.