Franco-Prussian War

Germany is completely responsible for World War One because militarism builds armies and stockpiles weapons which leads to heightened tensions, alliance systems turn small conflicts into worldwide wars, and nationalism unifies countries but can cause adverse effects. Germany is to be completely blamed for World War One because militarism creates an arms race where nations expand their armies and accumulate weapons to feel safe while at the same time, intimidate their neighbors. Militarism is…

On the 28th of June 1914, a Serbian shot an Austrian. Within six weeks, many of the countries of Europe had become involved in a war that was to cause the deaths of 10 million soldiers. Germany had gained Alsace and Lorraine in 1871 in the Franco-Prussian War, and was looking to expand even further. This created tension between Germany and France for many years, since France wanted Alsace and Lorraine back. Germany wanted to become a world power, similar to France and Britain. Germans also…

occur because Garibaldi gave up the lands previously conquered, therefore preventing a civil war, which allowed Italy to become one united nation. However, the Germans took a different route to unification. While the Italians unified at one time, the Germans took a gradual process to become one nation. Germany began to be united with the North German Confederation. After the effects of the Franco-Prussian War, however, the “Second Reich” was born, all of Germany became united, and the newly…

did in 1884. The final rebellion, starts in 1895, brought in the forces of the United States and resulted in the Spanish American War of 1898. The United States wanted the Spanish colony. When the Spanish attempted to end the rebellion, many in the U.S. used this opportunity end Spanish occupation. This event is significant to history because the United States went to war with Spain and quickly ended Spanish colonial control. The United…

the American Expeditionary Force’s (AEF’s) Doughboy encountered in Europe twenty years prior, the same German soldier that the French faced in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1872, and the same soldier who followed Frederick the Great. The Nazi ideology provided little to no motivation for the actions of the Landser fighting from the beginning of the war to the closing days of the Second World…

operation was the joint system of railroad and telegraph, which shaped conflicts. The railway revolutionized the mobilization and transportation of mass armies, the telegraph became possible to coordinate mass military action. For example, in the Franco-Austrian war, Helmuth von Moltke, fully integrated the use of railroads in army mobilization, logistics and supply operations. Moltke used rail and the pre-existing regional structure of his units to rapidly mobilize and deploy…

perceived as monumental and was met with deafening cheers from the audience. This proclamation marked the German unification from above, which was significantly facilitated by the Wars of Unification—the German-Danish War, the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War. These wars, especially the Franco-Prussian War, made the german states united…

used for observation and propaganda distribution during the Napoleonic wars and the Franco-Prussian conflict of 1870-1871 (Balloons in the Military). The airplane had also been used in a limited role for bombardment missions during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-1912 (Wilkin). World War One was the first time aerial warfare was used on an immense scale, demonstrating the significance of using aircraft in shaping the outcome of a war. The transformation of aerial warfare directly influenced the…

To what extent was the foreign policy of Prussia, and later, Germany a serious threat to European peace in the years 1814–1914? From the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to the outbreak of war in 1914, the foreign policy of Prussia has changed enormously due to a number of political and geographical factors. Bismark’s unification policies provoked much uproar from major European powers and Germany’s imperialistic “Weltpolitik” of the late 19th century was blamed for an increase in hostilities across…

with Austria. Using this alliance between the two empires, they went to war with Denmark in order to win over boarders. After winning, Prussia took over…