 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakazosvika 1900, Germany yakanga yava simba guru munyika yeEurope uye indasitiri yayo yakanga ichikurumidza kukura yakanga yapfuura yeBritain uku ichimunyandurira munhangemutange yezvombo zvomugungwa. Germany yakatungamirira Central Powers muHondo Yenyika I 19141918 kurwisana neFrance, United Kingdom, Russia, kusvika muna 1915 Italy uye kusvika muna 1917 United States. Rakakundwa uye rakapambwa zvishoma, Germany yakamanikidzwa kubhadhara muripo wehondo neChibvumirano cheVersailles uye yakatorerwa nyika dzayo pamwe nenharaunda yayo yekumba kuti iendeswe kuBelgium, France, nePoland, uye yakarambidzwa kubatana nenzvimbo dzakagarwa neGerman dzeAustria. Shanduko yeGermany ya191819 yakagumisa umambo hwebumbiro remitemo, hwakaguma nokugadzwa kweRepublic of Weimar, hurumende yeparamende isina kugadzikana. Mukutanga kwema1930, kuDzvinyirira Kukuru kwenyika yose kwakarova Germany zvakaoma, sezvo kushaya basa kwakakwira uye vanhu vakarasikirwa nechivimbo muhurumende. Muna January 1933, Adolf Hitler akagadzwa kuva Chancellor weGermany. Bato rake reNazi rakakurumidza kugadza utongi hwoudzvinyiriri, uye Nazi Germany yakaita zvinodikanwa zvenharaunda zvine utsinye zvikuru, ichityisidzira hondo kana zvaisazadzikwa. Kuitwazve kwechiuto kweRhinelandkwakauya muna 1936, ipapo kubatanidzwa kweAustria mu Anschluss uye nzvimbo dzinotaura chiGerman dzeCzechoslovakia neChibvumirano cheMunich muna 1938, uye imwe nzvimbo yeCzechoslovakia muna 1939. Pana September 1, 1939, Germany yakatanga Hondo Yenyika II muEurope nokupinda muPoland. Pashure pokuumba chibvumirano neSoviet Union muna 1939, Hitler naStalin vakakamura Eastern Europe. Pashure peHondo Yokunyepedzera muchirimo cha 1940, mauto eGermany akakurumidza kukunda Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, uye France, uye akamanikidza uto reBritain kubuda muWestern Europe. Muna 1941, mauto aHitler akapinda muYugoslavia, Greece neSoviet Union. 