User:Kanonkas/Nationalism and Imperialism in Germany before World War One
Germany had a growing sense of Imperialism and Nationalism before the First World War, particularly after it was declared an Empire in 1871. Nationalism was later a cause of the First World War, as it was a strong social movement that focused for one’s own nation. Nationalists from Germany believed that the needs of their nation were more important than the needs of other nations. Dominant in European and International politics of their nation that they wanted Germany to be the richest and most powerful nation in Europe.
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