Alsace-Lorraine

In Tuchman’s book, The Guns of August, she highlights Bismarck’s fateful prediction that “Some damned foolish thing in the Balkans” would be the requisite spark igniting the powder keg of tension between the major powers in Europe and Russia—a spark ultimately leading to an explosion we refer to today as “World War I.” This prescient forecast manifested itself as Gavrilo Princip’s trigger-pull on June 28, 1914, and the successful assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand fulfilled the…

Germany was not responsible for World War One because in the years leading up to the war, countries held strong militaristic feelings that lead to increased hostility, alliances were formed between many countries that expanded conflicts to a global scale, and widespread nationalistic values increased international tensions between major powers. To begin with, Germany was not to blame for World War One because, at the time, strong nationalistic feelings were prevalent in most of the major…

were known as the leaders of modern Europe since the seventeenth century, so they could not share these aspirations. Before the war began, Britain and France had negative connotations of Germany. The French dealt with the significant loss of Alsace and Lorraine, annexed to Germany in 1871. The British experienced German salesmen in their foreign markets, selling goods at unfair prices. They also saw Germans become colonial rivals in Africa, the Middle East, and the Far East, and watched many…

for World War I and was punished by the treaty for the destruction they caused. Germany had land taken away, military size reduced, and had economic restrictions placed upon them. This treaty took a lot of Germany’s territory; including the Alsace Lorraine, Danzig, Polish Corridor, and parts of Denmark. This punishment made it hard for Germans, because they lost their main port and the country was split into two parts. Along with losing those territories, they also lost resources. In document…

Otto Von Bismarck was born on April 1, 1815. He was appointed prime minister of Prussia as he was a supporter of King William I. Since the German Confederation was made out of thirty eight states, there was no unity. In 1848, people of the German Confederation wanted a unified Germany, and so the Frankfurt Assembly attempted to create a constitution for a unified Germany;although it was unsuccessful. Due to this, Bismarck became well known for his part in the unification of Germany. He was…

that brought Germany a lot of their money, the loss of these resources had a very big impact on Germany’s economy. Germany was forced to give 10% of its land to different countries and lost all her oversea colonies. This treaty made them give Alsace-Lorraine to France, Eupen and Malmedy to Belgium, Northern Schleswig to Denmark, Hultschin to Czechoslovokia, and West Prussia, Pesen, and upper Silesia to…

group led to the involvement of sister members into the conflict. However, it is important to mention that some member countries had individual’s rivalry against specific nations of the opposing group. The Germans were in conflict with the French over Alsace (32). The Austrians were in conflict with the Russians over the Balkns while the British were in conflict with Germans over their navies and economic…

As it would appear the First World War led to a rather distressing engagement and a vast number of post-war difficulties for the German race in the face of their defeat in 1918. It seemed that as a result of their loss, other more advanced, countries found the need to emasculate them further with a number of significant terms that came in the form of various treaties that forced the German people to take the blame or the War Guilt, and pay for the cost of the war itself in the form of reparation…

World War I For most people, History is a boring subject. No body these day’s cares about which president did this and that. However, when it comes to World War everyone is curious and entertained, but not all of them know the story behind this event that marked the history books forever. How did the war begin? How did the U.S. get involved? What impact did it had? Leading causes to the war The Colonialist policy of the great powers: the imperialist countries had done with the territorial…

The Treaty of Versaille was a harsh blow to Germany, not only to it’s ego but also its economy. The terms for Germany were not something they could easily comply to. The Versailles treaty included payments of 367 billion dollars in U.S. currency. However Germany could not pay these fees because the economy was doing so poorly. It also included that their military had to be demilitarised. As an effect of losing military power, it caused great humiliation to Germany’s national pride something they…