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    During William the Conqueror’s childhood, his father, Duke of Normandy, had gone on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and died, leaving William to become his successor. As he became the new Duke of Normandy, he faced trouble with the other Dukes who wanted to be in power. This resulted in William gaining complete power over Normandy after fighting with the other dukes. William the Conqueror exploited people for their loyalty, which resulted in the Bayeux Tapestry only exemplifying his positive…

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    need for a new export market was vital. The free trade treaties of 1860’s was no longer useful to France, hence causing the great export market that was recently open to France to reduce by two countries. The French Prime Minister stated that” Germany is setting up trade barriers and the United States of America had become Protectionist” this was a great concern for these two countries were becoming powerful. The fear other countries would follow suite as well as of losing South…

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    Would you like it if you were in the German people shoes? On November 1918 World War Ⅰ ended and seven and a half months , later on June 28,1919 the Treaty of Versailles was signed by allied nations such as Great Britain, France, and a defeated Germany. The Treaty of Versailles is an agreement of all allied countries to keep “peace”. The Versailles Treaty only lasted over two decades till the flames of war consumed Europe. As of then it was the start of World War Ⅱ. The Treaty of Versailles was…

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    German, I am from London”, Derek said with a British accent. Derek knew he was lying, but he had to get to Versailles to get those photos. The police officer got off of Derek and said sorry sir. The kid asks, “Why were you getting off the train from Germany then?” “Derek said that his friend captured by the Germans and had to get him home back in Lille.” The Officer and the kid walked away and Derek kept moving. Derek decided that he didn’t want to walk to Versailles. Derek saw that a man go…

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    He has character traits similar to another man with the same problems. That man is Adolf Hitler, the chancellor of Germany during World War II. Adolf Hitler’s destructive path started with the results of World War I. The war had many ramifications such as 16 million people who died worldwide but what fueled the flame for the second World War was the deal that was struck with Germany. The effects of WWI were unlike anything that the world has ever seen and so a meeting between the leaders of…

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    These people have different origin and came during a different period of time. However, the biggest percentage of Muslims came to Germany from 1960s to 1970s. There was lack of labor force in the rising economy after WWII, which forced German government to make treaties with several countries about labor recruitment. One of these countries was Turkey. The original agreement stated that…

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    His ability to gather information from those in East Germany, served as an issue for many of his critics. In Joll’s article he states that, “One of the most widespread grounds for attacking Fisher is that he has dealt exclusively with German war aims and worked exclusively on German documents.” His defense…

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    Versailles on June 28, 1919. The Treaty of Versailles was imposed on Germany in 1919 by the winning allies, who included Britain and France. The Treaty consisted of five main points. These five main points are what contributed to the rise of Hitler. In my essay I am going to go over each point and the effects it had upon Germany. The first point in the Versailles treaty was stated in clause 231. It blamed Germany and Germany alone for the war. This point angered the Germans as they felt…

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    However, they excluded Germany from this meet. Clemenceau, the prime minister of France, wanted Germany to never again create threats towards France or the rest of Europe. David, prime minister of England, agreed. This decision would only lead to bitterness and future conflict. The treaty created a sense of humiliation for Germany because their land was taken away, their military was decreased, they had to pay a debt. and the guilt clause. Due to the Versailles treaty, Germany felt…

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    commonly spoken language after English. Yet the German immigrants ' ability to coexist with the rest of society was made especially difficult from the late 19th century to World War I. Scholars and authors can agree that American sentiment towards Germany and German-Americans shifted quite rapidly from being tolerant to fearful in some way or another. However, there are different outlooks as to what directly spurred these changes the most. Some scholars argued that foreign relationships and…

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