History of Germany

Wisconsin, it is pretty easy to find a person who has at least a small percentage of German heritage, or practices the Lutheran faith. 1 The history of Wisconsin is rich with immigration of Germans, and those that came here seeking religious freedom, such as the “Old Lutherans.”4 Yet, these freedom seekers were often full of hypocrisies. The trail of history tells the story of immigrants that came to America to find freedom, yet they in return were the ones that ridiculed or persecuted those…

employed by both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union to develop alternative courses of action / outcome to this operation. In addition to these alternative courses of action, I will identify second and third order effects that could have changed the outcome of WWII and potentially the world as we know it today. Background Prior to WWII, Nazi Germany and…

Germany as it is today has only existed for 26 years, Prior to this the country experienced many divisions, separations and eventually unifications. Because of the nature of Germany's history, individual areas within the country are not entirely uniform in disposition. Be that as it may, the country of Germany is a united country, with distinctive ascribable commonalities. Although Germany can be fondly nicknamed a “patchwork” country with diversities in culture found all throughout the…

of the worlds oldest and most beautiful cathedrals? Germany has such a rich history it’s hard to know where to begin looking. Germany is a wonderful place in north-central Europe. When you are in the northern part of Germany, by North Sea and the Baltic Sea, you will see beautiful coastal plains. In the east, the coastal plain stretches southward for one-hundred and twenty miles; while the rest of the land is dotted with foothills. Germany shares its borders with nine different countries:…

materially. Near and far millions were killed and this war quickly became one of the longest and most damaging wars in history. As others would say, the Thirty Years War was not the most devastating war as historians argue that what is considered Europe’s second Thirty Years War’ is, however, it is clear that the impact of the war distorted the population, culture and economy in Germany ominously. The Thirty Years War started in 1618 when the Bohemians revolted from the pressure faced from the…

factors. A pull factor is when somebody chooses to leave their country for their own purposes. A push factor is when somebody is forced to immigrate due to war, political persecution, etc. These are some of the reasons why German immigrants left Germany for America. During the mid 1860’s to early 1870’s,…

Lauren Hamner Rebecca Pickle Pre-AP World History 16 March 2017 The Schlieffen Plan and Its Effect on the War Unwilling to consider a compromise with Serbia, Austria-Hungary declared war on July 28, 1914. Russia now mobilized first on its borders with Austria, but soon ordered general mobilization. This made the German generals anxious, as their only plan for a two-front war with France and Russia was based on the condition that Russia would mobilize slowly with delay. The German government,…

The History of the Unified German States and “Bismarck’s Germany” Germany: a region and territory that has been synonymous with war since Frederick Wilhelm, the Great Elector, started the process of turning Prussia into a military-based monarchy in 1653 (Steinberg). Germany, although incredible in its historical impact, has only existed in its present, unified form for less than 150 years. Over its short lifetime, Germany has enjoyed, and endured, a number of rulers, but none, perhaps, was so…

War 1, the German people were hit with a bad depression. People lost jobs and many were forced to move out of their homes. Money was scarce. The people of Germany thought it was time for a new leader. So feeling desperate, they elected a new leader… Hitler and his Nazi party In his first days, Hitler was a big speaker at rallies in Germany and was a big confidence builder. ‘’When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have thousands of reasons to smile.’’ In the years…

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’…