German Empire

Several of the events that occurred in the time leading up to World War I suggest that Germany, although not solely responsible, played a large and significant role in starting World War I. Germany’s desire for a dominating empire appeared to be the main factor to fuel the events which led up to the war. “People in Germany felt that they needed and deserved a ‘place in the sun,’ by which they vaguely meant some kind of acknowledged supremacy like that of the British” (Palmer, 690). The British…

sustain the Austrian empire. There were two interests at play here: Austria and Hungary. Austria has suffered a huge blow to its empire in 1866 and was on the verge of collapse. To avoid this, Austria were forced to reconcile with Hungary, which at the time was under their rule. However, Hungary was filled of resentment towards Austria and its Germans especially in 1848. Practically, every aspect of Hungarian life was dispelled and forcibly changed for the benefits of the empire. As Beust puts…

the Balkans.” (Massie, p. 82) At the time, he was referring to the aftermath of the Serbo-Bulgarian war, which managed, in a series of resonating blows, to shatter the Ottoman Empire’s tenuous grasp on the Balkans and splinter the League of Three Empires. Over the next forty years, the ever-fluid situation in the Balkans ebbed and flowed, but never strayed far from a point of complete catastrophe. The decaying behemoth of the Porte disintegrated, replaced with a proliferation of nascent…

managed to use Caprivi’s lack of experience of foreign affairs to exert great influence over German…

in European history brought together the birth of the German empire. Bismarck became the first chancellor of the German empire under the “leadership” of William II during the late nineteenth century (History.com, Otto Von Bismarck). He developed Germany into an economic powerhouse to even rival that of Great Britain. Through the usage of the Realpolitik and cunning intellect, he managed to unite the German kingdoms to establish his empire. Only he believed that he could establish leadership…

way of thinking, religious beliefs leading to war. For Italy, Germany and others it was nationalism which changed their history in the 19th century and led to wars for independence. Although nationalism helped Italian and German unification it also led to the breakup of empires such as the Austro-Hungarian, and Ottoman. Nationalism is the idea that people of the same history, belief ,language and culture should unify and become independent of foreign rule. Mainland Europe except Russia was under…

U.S. Honors Pre-WWI Name: Yash Parikh_________________ Score: ______ Read Chapter 8. Do further research on databases and books. Your textbook is a resource but cannot be used as a cited source. You must have a Works Cited page. 1. Compare and contrast the foreign policies of Bismarck vs. Kaiser Wilhelm. How were their decisions significant to WWI? (At least…

What led to World War I? There are several things that led to World War I. World War I occurred between the year of July 1914 and November 1948. The war actually had several reasons why it was started. Some of the reasons on why World War I was started are: some countries throughout Europe made mutual defense agreements that would cause them to go into battle and imperialism. Imperialism was because of the raw materials the areas could provide which caused them more or less to become greedy and…

an amazing German historical figure, it was due to his ability to master realpolitik. Realpolitik translates to "the politics of reality." This form of politics left no room for idealism. This was just the start of amazing things yet to come from Bismarck. Bismarck began by declaring that during his rule he would not need or use the consent of the parliament or a legal budget. However, doing that would be in direct violation of the constitution. He then began to expand Prussia's Empire by making…

The Diplomatic state of 19th century Europe was extremely complicated, the political landscape was made up of several empires spread out across the continent vying for power. Beginning with an arms race between Germany and Britain, which eventually spread to the rest of Europe. The individual nations built up massive armies and stockpiles of weapons in the hope that every other nation would be reluctant to fight them, this was unfortunately not the case. The spark of war ignited when a group of…