How was patriotism and nationalism a social issue in ww1 (western front???)?
I think that it was worse after the Great Depression! In Germany and in Italy, people felt humiliated by the Treaty of Versailles (1919). The treaty evoked an angry and hostile reception in Germany from the moment its contents were made known. The Germans were outraged and horrified at the result – since Wilson’s idealistic fourteen points had painted the picture of a different outcome. They did not feel that they were responsible for starting the war nor did they feel as though they had lost. The German people had understood the negotiations at Versailles to be a peace conference and not a surrender. At first, the new government refused to ratify the agreement, and the German navy sank its own ships in protest of the treaty. In Italy, Mussolini reformed the Milan fascio as the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento (Italian Fighting League), consisting of 200 members. Its first manifesto promised broad reforms. It became an organised political movement a month later. In 1915, Italy entered t
