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The Schlieffen Plan was only used by the Germans. This plan was set out to have a war with France and Russia, but in 1905 it was all revised. The Schlieffen Plan was by Alfred Von Schlieffen who was the Chief of the Imperial, and also German Chief of Staff. The idea was to find a new war plan that would be understanding of the new factors that happened since the Franco-Prussian in 1870 and 1871. These factors included the Diplomatic Isolation. The Diplomatic Isolation left Austria-Hungary as the…

Congo gained it’s during the time of the Cold War. Congo was especially affected by the Cold War because it was rich in resources, especially uranium, which could be used to make atomic bombs. Belgium wanted to maintain control over Congo because of the riches their resources provided. The United States became concerned with Congo because its resources made it a valuable ally, but also made it dangerous as a potential enemy and Soviet ally. When Patrice Lumumba came to power, he was determined…

Frans Francken the Younger was a Flemish-born in the 16th century, during the Baroque era after the Protestant Reformation, in the year of 1581 in Antwerp, Belgium. Ironically, he died in his hometown on May 6, 1642. He happened to be a very popular and well-liked artist during his lifetime. Somer sources claim that he may have been an apprentice to his father in the studio and studied art in Paris with his uncle, both of whom were very successful in art themselves. He later became very well…

Following independence, internally Belgium had to remedy a contentious sphere due to the heterogeneous make up within their society. This period serves as an important transitional period where industrialism overthrew previous power structures for a more representative one (Craeybeckx Meynen Witte 2010). Wallonia and Flemish communities linguistic issues led to internal strife. Following WWI Belgium gained an extra piece of land introducing the german community to Belgium. This new…

Vesalius College for a semester is the main reason that I want to go abroad. It is a special privilege to have this opportunity, and I intend to take full advantage of being abroad by accomplishing things that will help me have a fantastic time in Belgium but also influence my life going forward. In order to achieve what I want to achieve I have set several goals that will help me succeed. Professionally, a few goals come to mind when it comes to looking at my future life as a member of the…

unprotected. This Plan consisted of using 90% of Germany's armed forces to attack France. It was a bold and daring strategy that reflected Schlieffen’s philosophy. Given the strength of the French forts on the Franco-German border, the march through Belgium appeared to be the only way to overcome a true two-front war. But by the time this Plan came into action, Schlieffen had died, so his successor as Chief of Staff, Helmuth von Moltke, tried to maintain The Plan. but, rather than simply…

The Revolution of the Congo In 1789, the great country of France underwent a massive revolution, impacting the social, political, and economic aspects of French society. The revolution was spurred by a revolt of the citizens against the French Estate for their ignorance of the major poverty and disregard for citizen well being. Mass unrest proceeded the beginning of the revolution. Eventually, the revolution even turned on itself. Proceeding the French Revolution, new government was formed, the…

teach your children with pride, so that they in turn will tell their children and their children’s children the glorious story of our struggle for freedom. For though this independence of the Congo is today being proclaimed in a spirit of accord with Belgium, a friendly country with which we are dealing as one equal with another, no Congolese worthy of the name can ever forget that we fought to win it a fight waged each and every day, a passionate and idealistic fight, a fight in which there was…

The best illustration of this is Belgium. After colonizing Congo and making it as a new nation called “Congo Free State,” Belgium started to collect raw materials from Congo. The two major sources were ivory and rubber. Ivory was a symbol of status and wealth in the late 1800’s, thus, its demand was very high. In addition, ivory was…

established series of long-term developmental plans that believed will bring benefits that will help improve its development. DRC’s current development level has many connections with its history. In 1885, Belgium carried out colonial rule by King Leopold II in DRC. During the colonial rule, Belgium government drained the resources in DRC away and killed millions of citizens in DRC. The…