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    with a minor war in Serbia against Austria and Germany gaining Austrian assistance to help them in their war against Russia. (Fromkin, pg271-273)) If anyone could delay if not prevent WW1 it would be a diplomat from Germany. The events that if changed could prevent a world war and instead France and Germany by seceding more land from France, continuing the reinsurance treaty with Russia, and taking of Ottoman lands. In the peace dealing with France after the Franco-Prussian war, a German…

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    5.1 French revolution The French revolution begin on 1798 till 1799. The most obvious reasons for the revolution is the heavy taxes that the French regime made the poor people pay it (As France was heavily in debt at this era) and the authority of the church and the aristocracy. The revolution main demands were equity, justice and change monarchy with republic system. The revolution had went into wrong hands like the Robespierre and Jacobins that caused a lot of terror and blood. This era had…

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    The Storming of Utah and Omaha Beaches at Normandy The invasion of Normandy was a large scale invasion that marked the beginning of the end of World War II (Pietrusza 10). It was a battle that has been written in history as one of the largest invasions by sea to ever take place as thousands of troops were shipped across the English Channel. The invasion took place on the shores of Normandy, France and consisted of thousands of troops rushing across the English Channel onto several beaches.…

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    Blitzkrieg Tactics

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    “On Friday, September 1st of 1939, Germany invaded Poland after long-term political crises. German invasion began with an air raid on undefended city of Wielun at 4:40am” (Parada). After five weeks of fighting, the Germans were able to defeat the Polish armies by using their military tactic Blitzkrieg. Poland surrendered on October 6, 1939, after fighting the Germans for only a month. Blitzkrieg was a German tactic created by Colonel Guderian Heinz, who studied the mobile warfare tactics from…

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    the French forces. To do this, however, would require pulling divisions from the right-wing to reinforce the weaker left-wing, which would make any sort of envelopment impossible. Therefore, he resisted the urge to change the ratio, and after retirement, Schlieffen reminded his successors to avoid this temptation. However, von Moltke was uncomfortable with the left-wing's weakness and decided to modify the left-wing to right-wing ratio. This modification was carried out in the 1914 invasion,…

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    French Revolution Dbq

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    Europe was in turmoil. The French king, Louis XVI had been deposed and executed by the radical French Republicans. While France dealt with the chaos that was it's government, the rest of Europe was afraid its citizens would rise in revolt as well. To bring order to France, an English fleet moved toward the crucial port of Toulon in the south. Among the threats of invasion by Austria, Russia, Prussia and Spain, France also had to deal with the popular revolt of French loyal to Louis' family in…

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    12 Turning Points

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    From many books, television programs, and films were all attracted the Second World War. It was mostly everything that covered and dictated the history of the twentieth century. The war mileage seemed endless. In Europe it started with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and concluded with the defeat of Germany in May. In East Asia it endured for quite a longer time frame beginning with the Japanese attack on china in 1937. That ended with the Japanese downfall. This war attraction…

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    They knew if that happened, the war would already be a loss for Germany. The German high command had to plan out the invasion, so the German armies could have a successful invasion of enemy nations with surprise. They knew that planning for the invasion was the finally key in the Blitzkrieg tactic. They knew that if they didn’t planned for the invasion, the key of surprise would be lost ("The Concept of Blitzkrieg"). “If moved rapidly enough, concentrations of tanks could smash through…

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    during the Battle of Marengo which resulted in driving Austrians out of Italy. Furthermore, strengthening his political career. This battle was one of several within the War of the Second Coalition, which consisted of the allies Austria, Britain and Russia, and including the Ottoman Empire and Kingdom of Naples unsuccessful at…

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    they fit together in a way never imagined before, to prevail the entire story. Like laying down the first piece, the United State’s inevitable entrance into the second world war began with the attack on Pearl Harbor. Charles De Gaulle worked to save French troops and assist the British in defeating Germany during the war. Finally, like the last piece, the Yalta Conference lead to both the end of World War II, and the start of the Cold War. The role of the attack of Pearl Harbor, Charles De…

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