Editing Germany (section)

==== Political realignment ====
After the Treaty of Versailles, the people of Germany were left with much frustration over the degrowth of their nation by the British, French, and Americans.<ref name=":0" /> The remnants of the Spartacist League reorganized into the [[Communist Party of Germany]] (KPD) under the principles of Communism and later [[Marxism-Leninism]], which was officially synthesized by [[Joseph Stalin]] in 1923. However, the mass murder of Communists during the November Revolution by the SPD and the ''Freikorps'' made it difficult for the KPD to effectively organize. Meanwhile, the [[National Socialist Workers' Party of Germany]] (Nazi Party) was founded in 1920 as a movement astroturfed by the British Empire.<ref>[https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-british-royal-family-supported-hitler-and-the-nazis/5383589 The British Royal Family Supported Hitler and the Nazis]</ref><ref>[https://journal-neo.org/2015/12/23/the-nazi-connected-british-royal-family-still-wields-incredible-power/ The Nazi-Connected British Royal Family Still Wields Incredible Power]</ref> Despite the socialist rhetoric used by the Nazis, they followed a German interpretation of [[fascism]] they called "[[National Socialism]]." Adolf Hitler rose through the ranks of the Nazi Party by blaming the Communists and the [[Judaism|Jews]] for the downfall of Germany in the First World War, promoting the idea of "[[Judeo-Bolshevism]]."<ref name=":1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd1JUTA7Ijc Hitler - OverSimplified (Part 2)]</ref>

On November 8, 1923, the Nazis attempted a coup in the [[Beer Hall Putsch]], however it was put down by German police officers. Hitler was temporarily arrested, 16 Nazis were killed, and a dozen Nazis were injured. While imprisoned, Hitler published the book ''[[Mein Kampf]]'' ("My Struggle"), lying out the ideological principles of National Socialist German fascism. The book became a national bestseller in Germany, enabling the Nazi Party to rise from an isolated [[Political extremism|extremist]] group in Bavaria to a major political party.<ref name=":1" /> The KPD responded by trying to organize a [[popular front]] against the Nazis, but the Weimar government of the SPD refused to work with Communists. Instead, the SPD increasingly became aligned with anarchists and, covertly, the Nazis in the "[[Iron Front]]" against Communism.<ref>[https://zeitgeschichte-digital.de/doks/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/1033/file/lokatis_rote_faden_2003_de.pdf Siegfried Lokatis, The Red Thread. Communist Party History under Walter Ulbricht, Böhlau Cologne, 2003 (Contemporary Historical Studies. Published by the Center for Contemporary Historical Research Potsdam. Volume 25), ISBN 3-412-04603-5]</ref>