Culture of Militarisation in Wilhelmine Germany

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  • CULTURE of MILITARIANISM
    • The ARMY DISCIPLINED Germans
      • German society was MILITARISED
    • SOLDIERS had SPECIAL PRIVELEGES
      • E.g. CITIZENS had to step aside to allow an officer to pass
    • ARMY OFFICERS were POWERFUL
    • NOT ALL CITIZENS liked the army
      • They did NOT like the army thru its BRUTAL HANDLING of INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
      • RESENTMENT towards their PRIVILEGES
      • EXCLUDED 'UNWANTED' elements: Jews, Catholics & the middle class progressives
    • Army seen as the ARCHITECT of UNIFICATION
    • ALL German men EXPECTED to undertake MILITARY SERVICE
    • The HARSH ORDER of military routine SEEPED into CIVILIAN LIFE

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