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"As God has once
promised Abraham that He would spare Sodom if
only ten righteous persons could be found in the
city, so do I have a reason to believe that He,
for our sake, will not destroy Germany"
(Von Tresckow, motivating why
he took part in the plot to kill Hitler)
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Official Name: Germany
- Geography:
situated in and dominating Central
Europe. In the North she borders Denmark,
in the East Poland
and Lithuania,
in the South Czecho-Slovakia,
Austria
and Switzerland.
Germany has common borders in the West with
the Netherlands,
Belgium,
Luxemburg and France.
- History: Germany lost the Great
War and was disappointed with the
terms in the Versailles Treaty.
The country suffered 1.8
million casualties in that war. The
fascist National-Socialist Party under
the leadership of Adolf Hitler took
control of the government and have
recently started rearming Germany. The
country has scored minor victories on the
diplomatic battlefields of Western and
Central Europe. Diplomacy is aimed at the
revision of the Versailles Treaty.
- Political system: fascist dictatorship
- Head of Government: Chancellor Adolf Hitler
- Head of State: Fuehrer Adolf Hitler
- Treaties: Non-agression pact with Poland,
Anti-Comintern Pact with Japan and Italy.
- Economic system: capitalist
- Economy: large. Industry and
mining concentrated in the West.
- Demography: high birth rate.
Population of about 70 million.
- Morale: above average.
- Armed forces: some 650,000 men,
with reserves currently estimated at 1.5
million men. Quality of men and material
is good thanks to new weaponry due to
recent rearmament. Germany's peace time
strength is 32 infantry, 4 motorized,
3 panzer, 3 mountain divisions.
The Air force is said to
be huge and of excellent quality. Small
navy but Germany is building the latest
type of battleships.
- Status: Germany is one of the great powers.
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