Claude Opus 4.6 vs GLM 5.2 for revision & study

**Judgement:** The Treaty of Versailles was largely responsible for Hitler's rise, though it required the catalyst of the Great Depression to translate resentment into mass support.

**Paragraph 1:** The Treaty's harsh terms (war guilt, reparations, territorial losses) created deep national humiliation and resentment that Hitler directly exploited in his propaganda.

**Paragraph 2:** The Treaty destabilised Weimar democracy from birth, associating it with the "November Criminals" and the diktat, making Germans receptive to extremist alternative…

**Judgement:** The Treaty of Versailles was a significant long-term cause, but the Great Depression was the decisive factor in Hitler's rise.

**Paragraph 1:** The Treaty of Versailles created deep national resentment via harsh reparations, allowing Hitler to exploit the 'stab-in-the-back' myth.

**Paragraph 2:** The Great Depression caused mass unemployment, making moderate voters desperate and turning them towards Nazi extremism.

**Paragraph 3:** The inherent weaknesses of the Weimar Republic and mainstream parties' failure to form stable co…