German Empire

The treaty of Versailles reduced the German military force to a mere fragment of what it was at the conclusion of World War I. Leaders in the German military force were looking for a new approach, after all their goal was to defend Germany’s large open borders. Geographically, Germany is sandwiched in between France and Poland, and German military leaders were more concerned with securing the natural resources from Poland’s eastern neighbor Russia. From the German perspective, Germany could…

there were various fronts that battles took place, the Western and the Eastern being the main ones. On the Western front one example is the Battle of Somme which took place in France in 1916. The Battle of Somme, fought between the British and the Germans, is one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the Great War. The reading we looked over in class called “Voices from the Battle of the Somme,” had original testimonies from young soldiers, or just young civilians fighting for their country…

The coming of war, declared on 4 August 1914, caught most Australians by surprise even though there had been a climate for war for many years. An expectation had arisen of a clash between Europe’s two major trading nations, Britain and Germany. Australia was in the middle of an election campaign when war came. Both leaders, Joseph Cook, Prime Minister, and Andrew Fisher, leader of the Labor Party, promised Australian support to Britain. Labor won the Federal Election and became an enthusiastic…

When most people think about war, the see one quick decisive battle that results in a winner and a loser and tons of dead bodies.That’s rarely ever true.One example of this is the Hundred Years’ war. The Hundred Years’ war was a group of periodic battles fought over who gets to be the successor of the French king , Charles IV. The cause of the war can be traced to one specific incident; Charles IV’ death, but the effect was important in the way these two countries grew and the overall…

World War 1 was caused by a deep seated mistrust of countries throughout the world. This war was very unavoidable as the issues that were solved by the war were not solvable by simple compromise. Two of the main causes of war was Nationalism and Imperialism. Although nationalism can be a unifying force in a country it can also be the cause intense competition among nations. Nationalism is one of the main causes of World War 1. Nationalism is defined as a sentiment based on common cultural…

German colonialism was slow and very late to the party. The sense of nationalism in Germany didn’t begin until after the Napoleonic Wars, which ended in 1815. Nationalism endured through wars and revolts. Otto von Bismarck became chancellor. In 1848, following a series of liberal revolutions, an all-German parliament was created. In 1871, Germany finally became a unified country after three wars between Austria and Prussia. Bismarck joined all the German states together, and soon Germany was one…

The nation of Germany did not come about until the year of 1870.The word Germany comes from the Latin word Germania, it is said it came to use by Julius Caesar, who used it to describe the people who lived by the Rhine River many years ago. Law in Germany is codified and is predominantly federal. The system of criminal justice comes from civil rather than common law. The power in Germany is split between the federal government and state. Pretty similar to the United States of America, Germany…

hands of the monarchy, while Wilhelm wanted to collect taxes to enlarge the army (Kagan). This conflict led to the appointing of Bismarck as chancellor. In an article called German Unification, it is stated that the aftermath of the Revolutions of 1848 aroused the ambitions of Prussians to form their own sphere of influence (German). This shows that Bismarck was ready to do what he could to make Prussia a strong power and unite Germany, even if it meant going against those who opposed his ideas,…

One of the major cause for the great changes during World War Era, 1890-1945, is the economic downturn. In fact most of the changes were done due to the economic crises. For example, the British debts from the Seven Years War brought England and colonists’ relationship to its knee, then again in 1780’s, the inflation of the Continental Currency forced the colonists to redesign the government system, thus constitution was adopted as the solution for strugger central government. No matter what…

This decision to begin reconstruction of East Germany was made during the “two plus four” negotiations. The “two” were the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic. The “four” were the Allied forces that were victorious in World War II and they were France, Great Britain, Soviet Union, and the United States. Each country had its own interests in the signing of the agreement as worries complicated…