German Navy

name evolved old Latin then it was mixed with English and French sayings of it, the Latin word was cultellus , the French's was coutelas and the English's being cutler. The cutlass was used by the navy and various pirates, but the cutlass it still given out to lower ranking officers in the Royal Navy to this day. This weapon consists of a fairly short often one sided blade that can be slightly curved or completely straight. A couple people both notorious and glorious have been known to wield…

Nationalism means that citizens of a nation will belief that a state’s interests are the primary importance for its country. Often used in newspapers, Jingoism was used to state loyalty to one’s country and hate the other. With increase tensions, Countries promoted patriotism and loyalty regardless if conflicts erupted with another state. Countries also posted on their newspapers how one has the bigger army than the other to increase approval rating if they went to war with another nation.…

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…

World war one or otherwise known as the “Great War” embarked in 1914 and carried on for 4 long years. World War One was a very deadly war that left millions of soldiers dead. It was a contention between the Allied Powers (France, Russia, Britain, Italy and the United States), and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria Hungary and the Ottoman Empire). The three fundamental driver of the war were the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, across the board militarism and imperialism. The first cause…

As tensions surged, European nations formed military alliances to protect against attacks from enemy nations. They agreed to aid each other, or at least remain neutral. Although alliances were beneficial, there were also some disadvantages. An alliance could lead a nation to take risks, it could cause disputes between many nations, and it could force a country to go to war with a nation with which it was neutral. Germany formed an alliance with Austria-Hungary in 1871 and Italy in 1882. This…

Anhalt-Zerbst was a German- born princess. At the beginning of her reign, she overthrew her husband Peter after he began cheating on her. Now without Peter she accomplished several things for Russia and was a principal leader of the Russian Royal Family. Being born German and ruled Russian Catherine the Great is a significant person in history from building hospitals to expanding the country of Russia, she is a true queen. Sophie Friederike Auguste was a German-born princess. Her full German…

World War I was a very influential time period in history and two sources that explain World War I are history.com (source one) and britannica.com (source two). These two sources explain the causes and what lead up to World War I. Both sources are very accurate, well known, and provide some visual aid to help the reader understand. Source one is more organized with subsections and is clearly stated. As compared to, the information from source two is more difficult to understand because it tends…

It was the atrocities of World War I that started to manifest themselves in German cinema through the horror genre. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, released in 1920, has been labelled the quintessential example of German expressionist cinema. The most striking aspect of director Robert Wiene’s horror masterpiece is the style and tone of the film, which left the German public both horrified and enthralled. On the surface, the basic narrative is pretty straightforward. A young man named Francis…

Russia on August 1, and then France on August 3, as France was allied with Russia. Germany was the main aggressor in the lead up and throughout WW1. On August 4 1914, the German troops marched on France via Belgium. Since Britain had agreed to maintain the neutrality of Belgium, they immediately declared war on Germany. British and German forces first fought at the Battle of Mons in Belgium. This was the first of many battles between Britain and Germany on the Western…

Nationalism played an important role when it came to the First World War and gave way to the idea of imperialism. The main goal that all the countries involved wanted to reach was some sort of competition, economically and territorially. This affected the war because they wanted to prove that they were at the top and regain their power, but at the same time every other country wanted to compete for the same thing, so it was more difficult to conquer. Nationalism increased the anticipation of…