User:Otolemur crassicaudatus/Science and technology in Nazi Germany
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Nazi Germany was developed in the field of science and technology. When the Nazi party came to power in 1933, they started development in the field of science and technology and rearmament. Due to the defeat in World War I, emphasis was given on the German rearmament programme by the Nazi regime which was initially started by the Weimar Republic in the early 1920s.[1] In April 1922, the Treaty of Rapallo was signed between the Weimar Republic and the Soviet Union, which led to renouncement of all territorial and financial claims against each other by both countries, also aimed at cooperation in the fields of aviation, armour and chemical warfare.[1] During the Nazi regime this cooperation ended, but the Nazis carried out the rearmament on much greater scale.[1] Nazi Germany produced weapons in mass quantities.[1]
Germany's entrance in the World War II was highly premature and the Nazi leadership did not expect and prepared for a war in global scale to continued for four or five years.[2] Germany was in the middle of a massive rearmament program.[2] During the invasion of Poland, Hitler did not expect that France and the United Kingdom will declare war against Germany.[2] Germany became involved in a full scale war and the Wehrmacht needed high levels of improvement in of science technology.[2]
Germany faced several problems in developing technological superiority. Some exiled German scientists worked for the Allies.[2] Notable among them was Leo Szillard, who was instrumental in initiating the Manhattan Project.[2] Edward Teller moved to the United States, had significant contributions in the development of the hydrogen bomb and is know as the "father of the hydrogen bomb".[2] Theodor von Karman had great role in aeronautical research by the Allies.[2]