a) From document 2, what inference can you draw about the objective of Germany’s Schlieffen Plan? The goal of Germany’s Schlieffen Plan was to defeat France as quickly as possible, thus making a two-front war extremely improbable. b) What resulted from the failure of this plan?…
Yesterday, it was officially announced through the town telegraph that Britain has declared war on Germany for violating the terms of the Treaty of London by invading Belgium. Consequently, the Canadian government has also confirmed that Canada is at war. Notorious for its selfish ambitions, Germany has always been power-hungry. By taking advantage of the conflict between Austria-Hungary and Russia, German troops invaded Belgium to attack France as a blow to the Triple Entente. Britain was forced to defend her allies, France and Russia.…
“With the help of these U.S. troops, the Allies were able first to stop and then to reverse the German attack on the Western Front. Germany’s offensive in May and June of 1918 pushed the German lines to within forty-five miles of the city of Paris. Then, on July 15, the Germans tried one final push. But at Soissons, the Germans met U.S. units. The Germans were stopped here.…
With their new tactics the Nazis were able to annihilate the defenses built up in France rather quickly. The new tactics greatly aided Germany, but they would have been unsuccessful if Denmark, Netherlands, and Belgium were able to hold out against Hitler’s forces. In order to avoid complete annihilation Brittan managed to evacuate 338,000 troops. France later surrendered allowing for Germany to take over Western Europe in just a few months. Luckily the United States sent supplies to aid Brittan in defending their home country.…
Why did the Franks lose the Battle of Hattin? The Battle of Hattin occurred on July 4, 1187. The Battle was between the Ayyubid Dynasty led by Sultan Saladin that was determined to retake the Holy lands in the name of Sunni Islam and Frankish Crusaders led by recently crowned King Guy of Lusignan that were attempting to defend the Principality of Galilee. The battle occurred after Saladin’s army crossed into Galilee and besieged the city of Tiberias on July 2 1187, the Franks marched to relieve the siege and defeat the Saracen army.…
160,000 soldiers, 5,000 thousand ships, and 13,000 aircraft were assembled and ready to move into France. In addition, concrete slabs were made and prepared to be used to construct harbors and breakwaters to allow ships to land safely. An oil pipeline was also placed beneath the English Channel to manage war machines supplies. Before the invasion would attain, Allied bombers hit key German targets such as warehouses and command centers to soften up the enemy defenses. The plan was to advance using the Caen and Douvre rivers with paratroopers and then capture the 50 miles of beach in between with the sea invasion.…
The Germans were going on their journey to accomplish one goal, to defeat France and humble Britain (Hallion 1). Due to German dictator, Adolf Hitler’s extraordinary military triumph, the British Expeditionary Force which was sent to help stop the…
Days later, in an attempt to neutralize any opposition from France, Germany moved its army across through Belgium to strike the French nation.…
Industrialization changed a lot about european society from the way people work, interact with each other, and even fight. Two battles- Waterloo and the Somme- can adequately illustrate the difference caused by this period of increased industrialization. Although Waterloo was an emotionally traumatizing experience for soldiers, it contained one thing that industrialization destroyed for the soldiers of WW1- hope. The machine gun, created in the time of industrialization, allowed rates of survival to plummet during the battle of the Somme comparative to the battle of Waterloo.…
By following Germany's history that lead up to the Holocaust, and examining the Ten Stages of Genocide by Dr. Gregory Stanton, I believe that one of the largest warning signs that happened early on in which genocide prevention could have taken place would be Germany's economic crisis during the Weimar Republic. In the 1920s, Germany entered a depression under the Weimar Republic. By 1929, the worldwide depression hit, causing Germany's economic system to crash. “In a country plagued by joblessness, embittered by the loss of territory, and demoralized by an ineffective government, political demonstrations frequently turned violent”( The Path to Nazi Genocide). This period is where classification, or us versus them mentality began to grow against the communist.…
Likewise, On April, 1940, the Germans began their massive assault on Europe. They swiftly moved through countries including: Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. The British Royal Air Force prevented complete obliteration by the German Luftwaffe…
It was enormous, and affected most of the world. Poor Belgium wasn’t even a part of the force, but Germany tried to attack France by going through her. “How is it looking?” I turned towards Lucas one of the troops that was watching the German army. “They haven’t done anything yet.…
In the past, there have been many wars over land and resources. But the invasion of Germany in Belgium in 1914 was over something more unusual. Germany wanted a better position to attack France in the future so they need Belgium as an advantage. Germany used many tactics to invade Belgium. By using their massive and powerful army they were able to overthrow Belgium as well as many other countries.…
Allies used machine guns to diminish the Central Powers ' infantry and forestalled Central Powers from advancing onto new territory. Germany created the Schleiffen plan to attack France in the west and quickly shift focus to attack Russia on the east. This significant battle strategy turned out to be a flop. Germany used its wits and intellect to craft a beneficial strategy which helped gain leverage for the first half of the war. On the contrary, the Allies were resilient and resolute and did not give up against the Central Powers.…
Army group North, Army group Center, and Army Group South. Army group north would head for Leningrad near the Baltic Sea. Army Group Center which was the largest of the three would advance towards Moscow which was 700 miles away. Finally Army Group South would head for the fertile wheat fields of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. At first everything seemed to be working like clockwork for the Germans.…