Introduction World War II was the major and most sadistic fortified clash in human history. The Second World War, a prolonged, overall battle fought for indefinite intentions was a universal thrash between two main alliances. For six years, the hostilities set free violence on a range never previously witnessed, including the extermination of six million Jews in Nazi fatality campsites. Prior to its termination, over 60,000,000 citizens were exterminated. The planet approached the nuclear age when the United States utilized two atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945 (Fulbrook 79). One of the proceedings that facilitated World War 2 was Hitler’s nationalism. He rearmed the state contrary to an accord signed after previous war and later on started intimidating other European states. Britain, France and Soviet Union were the powers against German nationalism. Whereas other states were strategizing on how to preserve world peace, Germans and Italians went aboard on a diverse path based on tremendous nationalism, autarchy, rearmament and review of the loathed Versailles resolution. In October 1929, the Great Depression inflicted devastating effects all over the world. Hitler’s Nationalist Socialist Democratic Workers Party (Nazis) surfaced as the popular party in Germany in the 1930 ballot vote. Adolf Hitler was selected as the new German Chancellor after the 1933 elections. Hitler’s ambitions made him to take away Germany from the League of Nations and thereafter declaring war to Rhineland, contrary to the provisions of the Versailles treaty (Schneider 67). Adolf Hitler started the battle as a proposition to triumph over in Europe. Subsequent to the downfall of Europe and its subordination to Nazi regulation, Hitler visualized further aggressiveness that would allow Germany to be a worldwide superpower. Hitler wanted nothing short of enchaining and eradicating every person whom he considered mediocre (Anderson 46). This paper endeavors to examine the effects of nationalism, both after the Second World War and presently and how the effects have continued shaping the politics of Germany. The essay proceeds by examining the foundations of nationalism before the Second World War. Foundations of German Nationalism Joachim von Ribbentrop and Vyacheslav Molotov signed an accord that would end hostilities between Germany and other states. At the same time, the leaders entered into trade agreements to empower the nation economically (Nees 16). The German crack down on Poland was trailed shortly by the Sitzkrieg -false combat at some stage in the winter of 1939-1940. The Sitzkrieg-sitting combat and the reverse of the Blitzkrieg was an epoch to come characterized by neither hostilities nor tranquility. The German Wehrmacht had concerted the immensity of its military in Poland and the western perimeter at the Rhine was defenseless all over September 1939. The Western cronies did grab this occasion to molest Germany in a second of tactical fault. The Germans at the back of the West fortification opposite the Maginot streak were dormant while striving not to aggravate the French. Throughout the eight months of the Sitzkrieg, Germany swiftly prepared, recruiting a millio