第一次世界大戰期間，德意志帝國是最終戰敗的同盟國之一。 在盟國奧匈帝國向塞爾維亞宣戰之後，它開始參與大戰。除了 1914 年東普魯士入侵的短暫時期之外，德國本土在大部分時間中仍相對免受廣泛入侵。皇家海軍實施的嚴密封鎖導致了德國城市的嚴重食物短缺，尤其是在 1916-17 年冬季。戰爭結束時，德國的失敗和廣泛的民眾不滿引發了 1918-19 年的德國革命，這場革命最終推翻了君主制並建立了魏瑪共和國。

1914 年，與歐洲其他國家的人民類似，德國人民以復雜的情緒應對戰爭爆發。最近的研究挑戰了人們普遍懷有熱情（1914 年精神）的理論。由容克地主統治的德國政府將戰爭視為結束被敵對國家法國，俄羅斯和英國包圍的一種方式。外交大臣伯恩哈德・馮・比洛指出，戰爭是為了使該國獲得「太陽下的一席之地」，公眾普遍的民族主義很容易支持這一點。德國當局希望戰爭能夠使公眾作為君主制國家團結起來，並減輕由德國社會民主黨的迅速發展所帶來的威脅，德國社會民主黨曾是戰前德國帝國議會中最有影響力的政黨。儘管德國社會民主黨加入了第二國際，但它結束了與帝國政府的分歧，放棄了國際主義原則，反而來支持戰爭。

事情很快證明，德國沒有為這場持續數月之久的戰爭做好準備。最初，在德國戰時基礎上沒有採取任何措施來調節經濟。而且在整個戰爭中，德國戰爭經濟的組織狀況仍然很糟糕。德國依賴食品和原材料的進口，但這由於英國對德國的封鎖而被迫終止。首先限制糧食價格，然後實行定量配給。1915 年，德國為了生產糧食和保存穀物，豬玀屠殺中屠殺了 500 萬頭豬。 1916/17 年的冬天被稱為「蘿蔔冬天」，因為馬鈴薯收成不好，人們開始吃動物的食物，包括品蘿蔔。在 1914 年 8 月至 1919 年中旬的戰爭中，由於營養不良，疲憊不堪，疾病和絕望率高而導致的平民死亡人數約有 474,000 人。



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The militarism mean the countries need to develop military or army levels
From 1880 to 1914,the military expenditure of the six bog powers(viz.Germany,Russia,Austria,Italy,France,and Britain)

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一手資料


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外部連結


* （德語） "Der Erste Weltkrieg" （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館） (in English) "The First World War" （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館） at Living Museum Online (LeMO)

* Articles relating to Germany （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館） at 1914-1918 Online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War
  
* Hirschfeld, Gerhard: Germany （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
  
* Fehlemann, Silke: Bereavement and Mourning (Germany) （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
  
* Bruendel, Steffen: Between Acceptance and Refusal - Soldiers' Attitudes Towards War (Germany) （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
  
* Davis, Belinda: Food and Nutrition (Germany) （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
  
* Oppelland, Torsten: Governments, Parliaments and Parties (Germany) （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
  
* Stibbe, Matthew: Women's Mobilisation for War (Germany) （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
  
* Ungern-Sternberg, Jürgen von: Making Sense of the War (Germany) （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
  
* Ullmann, Hans-Peter: Organization of War Economies (Germany) （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
  
* Gross, Stephen: War Finance (Germany) （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
  
* Altenhöner, Florian: Press/Journalism (Germany) （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
  
* Ther, Vanessa: Propaganda at Home (Germany) （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
  
* Pöhlmann, Markus: Warfare 1914-1918 (Germany) （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
  
* Löffelbein, Nils: War Aims and War Aims Discussions (Germany) （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
  
* Whalen, Robert Weldon: War Losses (Germany) （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）

* Germany and the First World War （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館） article index at Spartacus Educational

* Posters of the German Military Government in the Generalgouvernement Warshau (German occupied Poland) from World War I, 1915-1916 （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館） From the Collections at the Library of Congress