German Empire

On August 4, 1914, The German Reichstag (parliament) approved funds to support the preparations of the incoming war and declared a civil peace. This meaning that all conflicts between fellow Germans would be put aside, and that all Germans will come together as one and unite in pursuit of defending their country. As most Germans were anticipating a quick victory, they soon discovered that it wouldn’t be that easy for them to win. In 1914 at the beginning of WWI the civil peace policy was…

was also dealing with the restrictions placed on the German army, which for a country of Germany’s size was…

In the small city Perrone, France stands one of the best World War I museums in all of Europe, the Museum of the Great War. They teach people the significance and impact of the First World War through exhibitions featuring anything from the life styles of the early 1900s, to events that started the Great War. They get their visitors very engaged in learning about the war by making them fell a connection with the people of that time period. For example, there is a current exhibition that shows…

2) Political Competition in the Franco-German Relationship As previously mentioned, Europeans were conscious of the importance of the eliminations of the roots of wars. The French Government discerned that the integration with Germany was a critical issue in terms of war prevention. In 1950, Robert Schuman, the French foreign minister, suggested the cooperation between France and Germany. The Plan was related to coal and steel industries of the Federal Republic. Since the steel production of…

The Hundred Years War was a series of battles between England and France in the period of 1337-1453. It’s one of the largest conflicts in medieval history. The War had influenced these two country’s political system, economic development and initiated the rose of nationalism. In this essay, I’m going to focus on why and how did the English finally lose the Hundred Years War. In fact, the English was not always inferior throughout the century. They used to have advantages in different periods…

Nationalism is commonly defined as love for one’s country. It became widespread and powerful force of 19th century. Throughout the history, people sharing national identities have felt pulling power of nationalistic feeling. This feeling made people believe that one’s nation is better than other’s. In due time, revolutions, wars and ethnic conflicts have occurred because of love of one’s country. However, nowadays mentality of people is completely different from the way they used to think in the…

Have you ever heard of the largest trench in World War I? Well it is called the western front. Trenches such as the western front are very important, especially during World War I. There are many topics under the western front, such as structure, Christmas 1914,the results, how terrible the trenches were, and protection. Have you ever thought about the structure of the western front? They built the trench zigzagged. It took them a long time to build it; in fact, it took them two years…

Within the years of 1914 -1918, Europe went into a four year long war with itself. This war was called World War I, originally called the Great War and it was a struggle fighting along the Western and Eastern Fronts. Two incredibly powerful alliances had participated in this four year long war. Those alliances were the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, United Kingdom, and Russia were all in World War I in the beginning. Although this war was…

they surrounded Germany. Part of the Plan was to march through Belgium and the Netherlands and attack France from the secured borders on both sides of their territory. Schlieffen assumed that the 4-6 weeks that it would take France to recover the German…

To put it simply, there was not a sense of a collective German nation. Prior to the Brothers Grimm, Germany found itself heavily influenced by the French. In the late 18th century, France occupied German territories, and by 1794, found itself in possession of the western extent of contemporary Germany (Roberts 28). As a result, the idea of what it meant to be intrinsically German was vastly neglected, until the efforts of the Grimms’. The brothers’ reverent collection…