German Empire

who seek to increase their power either by forcing it through war or influencing throughout politics other countries to submit their rule. The sun never sets on the Roman Empire or so went the saying when Rome controlled the majority of Europe 2000 years ago. Other countries were jealous over how big France and Britain’s Empire was and went to war with them to try and seek more power over them. Britain was the world’s dominant imperial power. France was another major imperial power. In…

Frederick the Great was also successful when the odds were stacked against thanks to luck and his genius. Frederick won the Seven Years War for Prussia (Murphy, 13). Austria’s will to repossess Silesia was a major cause leading up to the Seven Years War. Austria, Russia, France, in Saxony were all allied against Prussia. Great Britain was on Frederick’s side. Frederick understood that these countries did not work well with each other when it came to teamwork and attacked them one at a time…

in mass rioting, collapse of civil authority, and revolution.” Air strategy turned to key economic reserves, a strategy that wasn’t regarded as viable in previous wars. The text did mention that the British bombing runs had a significant impact on German morale. I was hoping the text could have explained that a little more. In what ways and to what degree did they impact morale? I’m trying to think about this in a practical…

France to try to invade them. France is ready to fight the Germans, then on August third 1914 Germany declared war on France and took over Belgium. Britain commanded Germany to leave Belgium. Germany ignored Britain, when Germany was still in Belgium, Britain declared war on Germany. On August sixth Austria declared war on Russia for helping the Serbs defend themselves. This essay will be explaining the plan that Germany thought…

Konrad and his son were sent to prison camps for being protestors of the Nazis, or anti-Nazis (“Konrad Adenauer and The Christian Democratic Union In West Germany”). Adenauer became chairman of the new party, the German Christian Democratic Union, for the whole of West Germany. In the first general held elections under the new leader, his party and their regular ally won 139 of the 402 seats in the Bundestag. Adenauer worked to create a new form of government…

At the beginning of the twentieth century Europe was doing well. It had vast empires that circled the globe. The average life expectancy was high. The art and culture was growing rapidly. Then by 1918, after four long years of war, europe was wore out. The empires that had lasted from centuries were destroyed. The war was going great and everyone was happy, what happen? One cause of the war was trying to create a balance of power. The idea to balance the powers were that the major powers of…

rebirth of the German nation, other countries still in shock from the first World War, were seemingly too weary to oppose the power and demands of the new German nation. The question at hand was not what to do next, but how to do so. Should the nations unite to protect one another, or should they surrender and give in to the devilish demands of Hitler? The initial approach taken by Great Britain was to seek to appease Hitler’s desire for expansion by permitting the annexation of the German…

World War I: Beginning and Variables Conductive to War “Why are we even here?” I bet this was a common question amongst many soldiers during World War I. As John Dillard has said in his lectures, “People were dragged into this war kicking and screaming.” World War I was the result of many events and variables. Starting with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie and continuing to be a world-wide war, many variables contributed to this war environment. World War I…

Many people love their country and although many may not agree with everything their country does, most have a deep pride in and will support their homeland no matter what. This is no different for World War 1 era citizens around the world. Without nationalism the Great War would not have been as intense and wide scale as it turned out to be. In the beginning of the first world war, many people wanted to fight to protect and serve their country and what their country believed in. For example,…

Many factors that led to World War 1, like nationalism, competition for territory, military rivalry, and alliances, are still causing conflicts today. One example pertaining to the issue of competition for territory that is prevalent today is the issue of arctic sovereignty. The countries who are involved in this issue are Canada, Russia, the United States, Norway, and Denmark. All of these countries are anxious to claim the rights of the arctic waters mainly because of the rich oils and natural…