History of Germany

The differences in government structures determine how well a country can govern itself. Germany, France, and the United States, are three countries that have similarities and differences between their branches of government. Due to that, the ideas of maintaining of stable government is different between each of them, but also similar in certain ways. After all, a country is shaped from its government structures. This paper will explain the differences and similarities between each of these…

Throughout history there have been clear, distinct time periods that are now synonymous with discrimination, prejudice, and hate. The era of slavery in the United States, and the Holocaust in Europe. While both of these are horrible in their own way, they are both connected by “the root of all evil”; money. Slavery was fueled by the need for free labor. Calls for civil war from the south came from fears of the economy being ruined if slavery was abolished. In Germany, Adolf Hitler rose to power…

word limit. I will therefore be using the examples of the US and Germany to narrow my answer to a more realistic field. In this essay, I will argue that NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is central to both US and German security policy. I will use evidence based upon the evolution of US security policies, and US relationships with Europe to argue that NATO is central to US security policy. Then I will use Germany’s history with NATO, and their ongoing relationship with Russia to…

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…

issue in Europe during the mid-centuries. Some countries like Italy and Germany benefited from nationalism while Austria experienced more losses than gains from this ideology. This paper explains why nationalism was a unifying factor in Germany and Italy yet it divided Austria. Napoleon’s intention to occupy German led to the establishment of a movement called German Nationalism that resisted his attempts to invade and conquer Germany. Germans wanted to be independent and thus keep invaders…

affected the way the Greek people lived. Another example, when Rome made the shift from polytheism to Christianity, many things changed including laws and customs of the people. While the religion changes in Germany were arguably not that drastic, the Protestant Reformation effected history in a big way. Currently, over 60% of Germans identify as Christian, with about 30% being Protestant and 30% being Catholic. While 60% may not seem like a large amount of people, it is explained by the…

statistic World war 2 was by far the most massive armed conflict in human history. Though the exact numbers will always be unknown, one death toll count reached 60 million people, although that number could just as well be much higher. Besides this incomprehensible death count, all sides of this conflict committed many more atrocities. So how does one cope with this enormity once the war is done? Immediately after the war, Germany tried to move on, and forget about the past. Their soldiers were…

Many say the name of the country, Germany, has been blackened by the happenings within the past century. Germany was originally called Germania. Thousands of primitive tribes lived there. These tribes banded together and resisted the conquest of the Roman Empire in 9 A.D. If Germany had been conquered, its history, culture, and economy would have been immensely changed. A few centuries later Germany was conquered by the Francs. Germany was also home to Martin Luther who led the protestant…

(SITE GUARDIAN). Their leader, Panos Kammenos, is now using the economic strife within the country as a reason to respark the need for reparations regarding Germany’s actions in the second world war (SITE GUARDIAN). Kammenos’ goal is clear, force Germany into bailing out the Greek economy. Furthermore, Greece has pondered leaving the EU due to its debt crisis, with certain critics noting the state may benefit greatly from exiting the partnership (SITE NYT ARTICLE). Greece’s situation is not…

Period: 4 A.P European History Gustav Stresemann Research Paper Gustav Stresemann was a German politician and statesman. He accomplished many things from serving as a Chancellor in 1923 to a Foreign Minister 1923-1929 to winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926. Gustav Stresemann put a lot of hard work to achieve his goal. He made major contributions into politics from his experiences in education, office, politics, and military. Gustav Stresemann was born May 10, 1878 in Berlin, Germany. His…