65438+Who was the most intense contradiction between Germany and the beginning of 2000?

During this period, the contradiction between Germany and two European countries was the most exciting;

1. Franco-German contradiction: The Franco-German contradiction originated from the Franco-Prussian War. In the Franco-Prussian War, the defeated France ceded territory to pay reparations and lost its original hegemony in Western Europe and Central Europe.

France tried to "revenge" and recover Alsace and Lorraine captured by Germany, and then annexed the Saar mining area in Germany;

Germany should continue to weaken and contain France and prevent it from making a comeback. To this end, in addition to isolating France's foreign policy, it also expanded its troops to prepare for war and formulated a battle plan to defeat France and its allies in the new war.

After the Franco-Prussian War, the contradiction between France and Germany once became the main contradiction in the European continent.

2. The contradiction between Britain and Germany: Britain is an old capitalist country, which established maritime hegemony, colonial hegemony and industrial hegemony in the middle of19th century;

Germany is a rising capitalist country. /kloc-at the end of 0/9 and the beginning of the 20th century, its economy developed rapidly, overtaking Britain.

Therefore, the German ruling group changed from "continental policy" to "world policy" in order to win global hegemony.

Germany has become Britain's main competitor.