Germany Good, Nazis Bad

"**Germany Good, Nazis Bad**" is an episode of MrSpherical, showing Adolf Hitler's rise to power and the start of World War II.

A sequel was released on September 16, 2023.

## Blurb

Was it Germany? Was it Germany and... someone ELSE!?!?

In reality, the starting point of World War II wasn't the German invasion of Poland, although that was the first real battle of the war. But the starting point of the war was several years earlier, just after World War I, when the victors - Britain, France, USA, etc. - decided with the Treaty of Versailles to punish Germany, whom they saw as starting the war.

The stipulations of the Treaty restricted Germany's economic growth by requiring them to pay war reparations to other countries involved. It also limited their military expansion. The result was a terrible economic situation in Germany during already difficult global economic times.

This situation, a depressed German population, a depressed German economy, laid the groundwork for an insane, manipulative, and horrible dictator to batter his way to power...

## Summary

As the German Reich is reading the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, lightning strikes and reveals a the treaty is holding him back, as after World War I, the allies would not approve of anything that Germany does. Just then, a strange voice is heard, The voice turns out to be Adolf Hitler, who would be manipulating the German state into his own dictatorship. Hitler claims that it is time to start a war.

1919, Versailles, France: In the closing stages of World War I, the German Empire surrendered and the German Reich was established. As the Russian Empire struggles with communists, the United States of America, Britain, France, Italy, and the newly-formed Republic of Poland and Czechoslovakia, celebrate their victory, next to the defeated German Reich and Austria.

Despite resentment, the German Reich is forced to adopt the Treaty of Versailles, weakening him, making him lose territory, can't use weapons, and owns the Allies money. Temptation from a strange voice makes the German Reich want to militarize, but remembers that he cannot do so. Hitler reminds him that resentment and economic downfall are perfect for making people outrage. The German Reich asks Hitler if he really should harness resentment and hopelessness to regain territory and uplift the Germans through violence. After the German Reich claimed it wouldn't make the people happy, Hitler claimed that expansionism would. Noting the allies and the treaty, the German Reich disagrees, but Hitler reminds the German Reich that overinflation is raging the German Reich.

The German Reich meets up with the Allies and claims that things are not going well. The United States of America agrees to loan the German Reich some money that they can pay their debt back, but the German Reich is unhappy with the deal. The German Reich leaves and back at home, wonders how he would survive, when Hitler claims that the Allies don't care what happens to the German Reich. Hitler proposes a takeover and explains that there are great evils in communism and great glory in fascism. Hitler claims that fascism is the only way to unify the Germans.

Later, the Reichstag is set on fire, and the German Reich appears in front of the burning building. Newspapers advertising Hitler fly in front of the German Reich, who discards them, but Hitler claims that things are heating up. The German Reich asks what Hitler had done, and Hitler replies by claiming that he gave the Germans a violent dream to remedy their desperation and enemies to keep people scared. The German Reich is restrained, as Hitler questioned if the German Reich wants the German nation to be strong, and claims that the Germans are uniting in hate. The Germnan Reich struggles, but Hitler claims that the empire would never be built under anyone but himself. The German Reich is then fully encased, ceasing to exist, and Hitler establishes the next German Reich.

Hitler would start his annexations of countries. He immediately ordered the Allies to hand him over Czechoslovakia, to expand his nation to house the Germans. Hitler claimed that Czechoslovakia was mean to some friends of his, so he wants talk. America agrees, and shows where Czechoslovakia. Britain and France discuss if the Great Depression allowed a dictator to rise to power, whereas in the bathroom, Hitler steals the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia flees, and Hitler claims victory, but the allies are ignorant.

Hitler then sets his eyes on Poland, and despite persuasion from the previous German Reich, Hitler knows that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, due to their past experiences with Poland, would like a joint invasion. Hitler offers the USSR a deal to divide Poland between the two of them, and although reluctant, the Soviets agree to the deal. The previous German Reich opposes, but is now helpless.

Meanwhile, Britain, France, and Poland have signed a defensive pact to defend each other if they need help. Poland insists that they have horsepower, and that would keep them powered against invasions. Hitler and the USSR sneak in, and Germany invades Poland. Britain and France then declare war on Germany, starting World War II. The Soviets then invades Poland themselves, and they and Hitler flee.

Britain and France then start mobilizing their armies.

## Trivia

* The episode was originally named "How WW2 Began" before it was released.

## Errors

* When displaying Poland in his house, the post-1947 borders are mistakenly shown; however, when showing the invasion plan to the USSR, the 1918-1939 borders are properly shown.

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