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    demilitarization, facilitated commerce, opportunity of the oceans, and settlement of question by global delegate associations” (du Quenoy 147) . This report also included a few ideas to change the European borders based on ethnic lines, by returning the Alsace-Lorraine Territory to France, and the reestablishment of a Polish state with ocean access,…

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    Bethmann-Hollweg’s reforms hadn’t led to a similar success to that of Von Bulow in the 1912 election, he had also made reforms to the Welfare Policy via the 1911 Imperial Insurance Code. In the same year, Bethmann-Hollweg also introduced constitution to the Alsace-Lorraine region. Both Chancellors were good at meeting the pressurising demands that the different social and political groups in and out of the Reichstag made which showed that a Germany being a parliamentary democracy was a…

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    The major causes of World War I The Great War (1914-1918) started in Europe as a result of tensions building up between the great European military and political powers. Among the principal causes listed by historians were: imperialism, nationalism, militarism, the system of alliances, domestic political factors and the eastern question regarding the Balkans. In the years leading up to WWI many European nations had empires but the largest of all was the British Empire. Great Britain was…

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    Four (Wilson, Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Orlando), attributed to Germany's moral responsibility for the war and required it to harsh conditions, without discussion. On the border plane First, the treaty took note of attachment of Alsace-Lorraine to France. → Alsace. Saarland lived for fifteen years in the international regime, while being economically united with France, before selecting its future by…

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    Fascism emphasizes the political dictatorship and worship of leaders with extreme nationalist movements and aggressive expansionism. The word “Fascism” is a combination of the Latin word “fasces”, the ancient Roman emblem of power and the Italian word “fascio”, which means a group . It first emerged in Italy right after World War I of 1914-1919. In 1919, the Italian Benito Mussolini established the “Milan Fascio” and transformed it into the Fascist Party in 1921. On October 28-29, 1922,…

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    the Pacific Ocean. The Treaty of Versailles put Germany at a disadvantage. They were hit the hardest by the global economic collapse. People who have nothing turn to radicals for a solution, and that radical was Adolf Hitler. Germany had lost Alsace-Lorraine, which was one of their best sources of income. Hitler promised jobs and economic stability. After the war had started The United States put a trade embargo on Japan. In retaliation, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.…

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    back from Germany in which they lost in the Franco-Prussian War. (Ppt Long-term causes WWI Slide 2). France’s desire for Alsace-Lorraine was one of their primary reasons for joining the war. This interfered with Wilson’s idea of “territorial integrity” (Ppt The Great War Slide 76), which was one of his “14 points” At the end of the war, France got back its prized Alsace-Lorraine. Every country's’ reason for aiding their respective powers prevented Wilson from getting his…

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    and damage’ of the war, 2) the Germans were allowed no submarines or aeroplanes, only 6 battleships, their army was reduced to 100,000 men and the Rhineland was de-militarised, 3) Germany had to pay £6,600 million reparations, 4) Germany lost Alsace-Lorraine (to France), the Saar coalfield (to France for…

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    The oldest treaty invoked as a part of the cause of WWI was the treaty of London in 1839, which secured Belgian independence and perpetual neutrality. The five of the biggest nations involved at the outset of WWI: England, France, Germany, Prussia, and Russia signed treaty of London. The British pursued the treaty in order to ensure that France would not annex Belgium, as well as to create a neutral buffer between the British Isles and Germany. In addition to the treaty of London in 1839,…

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    did not cause much imperial conflict. World War I started with the conflict in the Balkans, but imperialist ambitions do not explain the conflict there. Similarly, the struggle for resources does not explain France’s obsession with reacquiring Alsace-Lorraine; there were not enough resources in that region, and France had other sources within its country and empire. Likewise, Britain was not short of colonies or resources too. Contrary to the capitalist ideas of imperialism, Austria’s attack on…

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