Czechoslovakia

The end of the thousand-year Reich and World War II were marked by the deaths of Adolf Hitler, his new wife Eva Braun, and their dog Blondi in April 1945. Berlin, as with most of Europe, lay as smoldering ruins while the forces of the Red Army and the Western Allies swept across the continent. With the unconditional surrender of all remaining Axis forces, citizens of the former Reich were left with the burden of not only reconstituting their homes and their country, but their humanity. Germans…

far as the Soviet elites were concerned. Eventually, Brezhnev took over from Khrushchev and whilst initially, the impression was of a more stable, wiser man, unrest grew in the empire. Since 1957, Novotny, the leader of the communist party in Czechoslovakia had been very unpopular. He was a hard line communist who hadn't introduced any reforms to improve the life of the Czech people and of particular frustration to people was how slow he was to release political prisoners following the Second…

Big Four rose above the League and took admirable action to make an agreement with Hitler. "it took the Big Four just five hours and twenty-five minutes in Munich today to dispel the clouds of war and come to an agreement over the partition of Czechoslovakia. There is to be no European war..(Document 4)." The Big Four made the pavement to World War II barren, even though the idea of war was said to be done there were still feelings of war. Coming together and bringing an idea up to stop the…

conflict between these Superpowers in political, conceptual, and economic values. Competition between the two Superpowers had a large impact on many European countries. The Superpowers greatly affected many European countries including Germany, Czechoslovakia, and France through their conflict with one another. Germany became a main center of Conflict between the Soviet and the United States during the Cold War. The political changes within Germany began with the Truman Doctrine in 1947. East…

In the late 1980s, Czechoslovakia went through what was popularly called the Velvet Revolution. It was given this name because of the nonviolence of the movement. Vaclav Havel led this effort to get rid of the Communist regime and replace it with a free democracy. “I really do…

focused on gaining the control of Europe between 1925 and 1945. This was because he thought he could expand the third Reich and he wanted to re-claim Germanys territories that was lost in world war one. Adolf Hitler started with the invasion of Czechoslovakia and continued with the invasion of many more European countries. Adolf Hitler tried to gain control of North Africa. The start of the Third Reich was when the Nazi party started to rise to power. The Third Reich was the end of the Weimer…

European powers and allowed Hitler to gather more territory with relative ease. This document between the powers of Germany, United Kingdom, France, and Italy outlined the steps and conditions under which Germany would annex a large portion of Czechoslovakia. Throughout this text, the historical context and significance of the Munich Agreement will be analyzed. The Munich Agreement was produced in hopes to stop Hitler;…

Pan-Germanism, which supported the unification of Germans in Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. A majority of these grievances derive from the Versailles settlement, which split many Germans from the motherland due to partitioning of German territories. The Hossbach Memorandum, a meeting between Hitler and his top advisors, outlined Hitler's "last will and testament" of external policy regarding Austria and Czechoslovakia. Hitler's goal of uniting Germany with Austria, a term forbidden by…

the Soviets became increasingly authoritative in regard to the actions of their so called allies and provided these nations with the impetus to withdraw from the Pact. Two countries that felt the sting of Russian authoritarianism were Russia and Czechoslovakia. The inability for the Soviet Union to cooperate with other countries prevented the Pact from economically and socially thriving, resulting in disbandment in 1991. The Soviet Union’s overwhelming control over other…

go to one’s head if they are not responsible with it. An example of such is Reinhard Heydrich who played the role of a perpetrator in the Holocaust due to his influence and leadership positions pertaining to the Nazi Party, Final Solution, and Czechoslovakia. Reinhard Heydrich was a perpetrator of the Holocaust, because he took advantage of his authoritative positions in the Sicherheitsdienst (SD), Gestapo, and Reich Main Security Office (RSHA) when he united them to strengthen the Nazi…