Bismarck

Germany: A Land of Tradition and Contrasts Organization and discipline are evident in everyday life for Germans. Public transportation operates like clockwork; traffic lights are synchronized, even retail stores are subject to Ladenschlussgesetz (store-closing law) (Somers 20). Everything done in German lives is done with order and efficiency. While we consider the German people in this light, they give us the impression of drones, adamant about following rules and regulations, and striving for…

Although in some ways Germany played a minor role in causing World War I because Germany was pressured into WWI to honor its alliances, Germany should be blamed for the war to a great extent because Germany played a crucial role in establishing the alliance system, increased tensions and anticipation of war throughout Europe through its militaristic practices, and increased the size of World War I with its aggressive use of military strategy and new weapons. While some have maintained that…

with its old tactics and its’ use of weaponry bayonets, cannons, and the use of horses was also used for mobility. France faced defeat, once again, controlled by the Prussian (what is known today as Germany) regime run by the leadership of Otto Von Bismarck. The old ways of warfare was becoming obsolete. (thesis)The laborers of the Allied forces helped supplemented the need to resupply on innovative equipment used on the First World War; the equipment was never used in the past, which changed…

In the nineteenth century, German and Italy both underwent radical unification movements to integrate the independent states. Each country’s unification efforts shared some similarities, in addition to some differences, due to the events occurring in Europe at the time, as a result of cultural diffusion. The consensus agreement of historians remains that the German and Italian movements drastically altered European society. Although the methods through which the newly formed nations contrast,…

The Haitian Revolution took place in Haiti, which is part of an the island Hispaniola. The island of Hispaniola was split into two parts, Santo Domingo (the Spanish Side) and St. Dominique (the French side and also known as Haiti). St. Dominique’s economy was mainly agriculture based and because of this there were many slaves. These slaves were mistreated and wanted to be free. In 1791, the Haitian Revolution began when slaves in the colony rebelled. France tried to end the rebellion by giving…

and many had been formed before Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Russia's alliance with Serbia resulted in France's mutual support, as France attempted to prevent being overshadowed by Germany, especially considering its recent defeat to Bismarck. Great Britain was inspired to join the war when Belgium was in humanely invaded by German troops, who were planning to invade Russia. Eventually, the United States, which was previously allied with Germany, made the crucial decision to…

The Germans policies and involvement however varied across the different controlled regions and as time progressed. Otto Von Bismarck, the leader of newly unified Germany did not want to “spend a dime” on Germany East African colonies (Houck). Bismarck had finally agreed to the founding of the East African colonies only on the condition that it would not cost the Reich any money. The load of the cost were instead put on the German trading…

out of the union of the much larger mainland territory of Tanganyika and the coast of Zanzibar. “On August 7, 1885 five German warships came to the lagoon of Zanzibar and set their guns on the sultan's palace. They had arrived with a demand from Bismarck that the Sultan cede to the German emperor, the mainland territories or face the consequences.” (HistoryWorld ) This resulted in Germany having land control until 1886, on which they gave some control back to the country, but still held land.…

them all- The Russian Empire. Although these empires were flourishing and gaining many colonies- Europe was on the verge of a war with itself. Before 1870, Germany was a collection of small states- of which Prussia was the most powerful. In 1870, Bismarck, a Prussian statesman won a war against France. This war was for one of France’s important industrial areas known as Alsace-Lorraine. After the win, Germany became very ambitious and successful. (Walsh, Ben) Germany also secretly formed a…

war was trying to create a balance of power. The idea to balance the powers were that the major powers of europe like England, France, Russia, and Germany were balanced, so one country could have all the power it would be evenly balanced. Otto von Bismarck didn’t like the idea of fighting on both sides of germany. So his solution try to make alliances with these nations. But when it didn’t work he made alliances with Austria-Hungary and italy, which became known as the triple alliance. So…