... armed forces were 100,000 men, six battleships, no submarines and no air force. All of Germany's colonies were taken away and became mandates of the League of Nations, and perhaps the most hated by the Germans, they were held responsible for the cause of the war and thus were subject to pay the astronomical reparations. Hitler blamed the 'November Criminals', Hitler professed that in order for Germany to be the strong nation that it once was, they would have to regain their lost land, especially in Poland, to rearm and, perhaps most importantly put an end to reparations. The Great Depression affected Germany greatly; the German people were starving, homeless and desperate for any solution offered to them. Hitler promised prosperity, security, national renewal and to restore a sense of dignity. The reparations, enforced by the Treaty of Versailles, could not be paid without aid from a country with economic stability ...

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