1. Nationalism - Inherently Aggressive and Expansionist
Further, traditional German nationalism exhibits marked chauvinism. After unification in 1871, German nationalism developed a chauvinistic character with the emergence of groups such as the Pan-German league, which campaigned for closer ties with German speaking Austria and for a German empire, Germany's "place in the sun." Pan-Germanism was expansionist and aggressive due to how it envisaged the creation of a German dominated Europe and the way in which it was done. German chauvinism found its highest expression in the racialist and anti-semitic doctrines developed by the Nazis. ... ...
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