East Germany

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…

Background Germany is Europe's largest economy and fourth place in the gross domestic product and the fifth GDP (purchasing power parity) in the world. Germany is one of the founders of the European Union and the euro area. [1] The economic position of this country in the world after the industrial revolution and its formation simultaneously has been named as a leading and innovative country as well…

After the Second World War, Germany was divided into four zones. “These occupation zones had been drawn during the war by the European Advisory Commission” (Maddox 1320) the four zones were; the American Zone of Occupation, the British Zone, French Zone and the Soviet Zone. Frankfurt was under the control of the Americans, Bad Oeynhausen under the control of the British, Baden-Baden under French control and East Berlin under Soviet control. With Germany being divided in four, issues began to…

and pushed deeply into the German territory of East Prussia. They planned to drive a wedge between Germany and Austria-Hungary and attack Berlin. However, these plans failed. In the Battle of Tannenberg, one of Russia’s armies had been encircled and destroyed by German and Austrian troops. In the Battle of the Masurian Lakes, the other army was chased out of East Prussia. In these two battles, Russia suffered about 250,000 casualties. Unlike Germany, Austria-Hungary had less success on the…

Germany was a growing power during this era and many people feared its conquest to become a ‘Great Power.’ Due to its choice of allies prior to World War I, Germany may have given the impression that they wanted a war. Despite the balance of power the Germany had many advantages and was seen as a potential hegemonic power. A first glance at Germanys decision to support Austria-Hungary makes you wonder why they would align with a weaker power. Germany had other personal motives behind their…

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 defensive alliance…

The differences in government structures determine how well a country can govern itself. Germany, France, and the United States, are three countries that have similarities and differences between their branches of government. Due to that, the ideas of maintaining of stable government is different between each of them, but also similar in certain ways. After all, a country is shaped from its government structures. This paper will explain the differences and similarities between each of these…

This paper will state the immigration issues and guest workers in the nations of Germany and The United States in the 1950’s and 1989. Explaining the situation guest workers were in and the work they were hired to do as well as the postwar refugees and expellees. The production of labor by millions of people have changed these nations and have been granted with nothing but a deportation back to their native country. The benefits of having a better reform system will benefit both the employee and…

Germany as it is today has only existed for 26 years, Prior to this the country experienced many divisions, separations and eventually unifications. Because of the nature of Germany's history, individual areas within the country are not entirely uniform in disposition. Be that as it may, the country of Germany is a united country, with distinctive ascribable commonalities. Although Germany can be fondly nicknamed a “patchwork” country with diversities in culture found all throughout the…

Lauren Hamner Rebecca Pickle Pre-AP World History 16 March 2017 The Schlieffen Plan and Its Effect on the War Unwilling to consider a compromise with Serbia, Austria-Hungary declared war on July 28, 1914. Russia now mobilized first on its borders with Austria, but soon ordered general mobilization. This made the German generals anxious, as their only plan for a two-front war with France and Russia was based on the condition that Russia would mobilize slowly with delay. The German government,…