Alsace-Lorraine

David Fromkin argues in his book Europe’s Last Summer that Germany would manipulate the events leading up to WW1 for a war to have Austria as an ally. A major component to this argument is the idea that WW1 started with a minor war in Serbia against Austria and Germany gaining Austrian assistance to help them in their war against Russia. (Fromkin, pg271-273)) If anyone could delay if not prevent WW1 it would be a diplomat from Germany. The events that if changed could prevent a world war and…

French Prime Minister; and Woodrow Wilson, The American President (Interpretation: Treaty of Versailles 2014). It was basically signed in order to solve all the unsolved problems left after the war, including the returning of territories, namely Alsace-Lorraine back to France. Also, The Treaty was said to be very harsh upon Germany with the army reduced, and reparations had to be paid due to their involvement in the war. The First World War was devastating…

Later on, the French surrendered give the Germans the territory of Lorraine and Alsace. The smaller German states believe that they couldn’t protect themselves from the larger German neighbors so they found themselves being dominated by Prussia. A couple of years later, Wilhelm II (which was the second king after Wilhelm I) want…

Essay – Causes of WWI World War One from 1914 to 1918 is also known as the Great War. The main causes of the war, Imperialism, Nationalism and Militarism turned many European countries against each other over decades. The short term events that caused the eruption of the Great War were the forming of alliances of many European countries and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. World War One destroyed countries, families and killed over seventeen million people and…

starting world war one. So, in the writing of the Versailles treaty the writers included a clause for blaming the Germans; for starting the war Germany had to pay 226 billion Reich marks in gold around £11.3 billion. They also had to give the Alsace Lorraine which hindered their ability to pay the money. The debt that Germany has to pay made them poorer than they were after the war. Hitler used the damaged Germans to give him power to fight world war two to bring the old strong Germany. However…

Many historians agree that the assassination was a significant event however; the writer would argue it was not the major cause of World War 1. The writer would suggest that the major powers had been ready to go to war long before the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand. This was the spark that ignited the war. The writer would argue the major causes of World War I were nationalism, militarism, leadership, imperialism, colonialism and alliances. Nationalism is extreme patriotic feelings…

Points included: an end to secret diplomacy, freedom of the seas, trade equality for all nations, reduction of weapons of war, changed to purpose of colonies, evacuation of Russia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Rumania, restoration of Belgium, return of Alsace-Lorraine to France, adjust Italian borders, freedom of Austria-Hungary and Turkey, an independent Polish state, and finally the most important was the establishment of the League of Nations (Snyder and Derwinski, 1958). Russia would later expose…

1. In simple terms what is nationalism? Nationalism is a sense of identity with one’s home country. 2. What are three types of nationalist movements? Define each. (1 Sentence Each) a. Unification, b. Separation, c. State building, 3. Does nationalism always unify people? Why or why not? (3 Sentences) Nationalism is not always for the best, and is not as unifying as thought to be. 4. How did nationalism affect Europe after the Congress of Vienna and 1815? (3 Sentences) 5. Define:…

Alsace-Lorraine was given to France and other large territories were given to other countries. The country of Belgium received Eupen and Malmedy and Denmark was given North Schleswig. Atlast, the Rhineland was demilitarized, meaning no German military forces…

The Treaty was made to officially end the war and to punish the central powers mostly Germany. The Treaty stated that Germany had to give up a big chunk of their territory. According to the History learning site Alsace-Lorraine was given to France, Eupen and Malmedy were given to Belgium; Northern Schleswig was given to Denmark, Hultschin was given to Czechoslovakia and West Prussia, Posen, and Upper Si Lesia was given to Poland. Thus taking parts of Germany away made…