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Germany, most of the people are very engaging when it comes to the topic of sports. In Germany, group activities, team sports, and competitions take place regularly. Playing with neighbors and friends is one of the leisure activities of Germans. Some of the sports that Germans not only partake in, but are also into watching and supporting are volleyball, basketball, field hockey, track and field events, skiing, and soccer, which happens to be…

The first major war since the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the most devastating and unjustifiable wars of all time. The Great War of 1914 began in Sarajevo with the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian terrorist group, the Narodna Odbrana. The war began as a small dispute between two countries but soon spread through the entirety of Europe. The expansion was largely due to alliances made prior to the war. These alliances were made due to fear, revenge,…

and new communication had formed, this caused more problems leading to Austria Hungary being the only trustworthy partner. This plan was to was to show that German forces would be outnumbered and the war be a loss for Germany. So, the plan was to send 7/8s of the troops to the west to fight France. The remaining troops would be at the border and would lead the French into battles against them. Although, Schlieffen was no longer in power when this war came about. The…

The first cause for world war one (WW1) was the alliance system. The alliance system was when countries made treaties and formed alliance with other countries for protection and resources from one another. The reason that this was a cause for world war 1 was because leading up to the war there had formed to two major alliances the triple entente, England, Russia and France, and the triple alliance, Germany Austria-Hungary (A-H) and Italy. This meant that Europe in 1914 was basically divided in…

Nationalism is only one of them. Infect the only nations involved with nationalism were, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Serbia, and Russia. The Balkans concludes nationalism. The Balkans were a cultural area in southeast Europe with different and disputed borders. This identifies the industrial development. Imperialism is the practice…

It is heavily debated that the German Schlieffen Plan in 1914 was a key factor in the outbreak of European war. The plan was unsuccessful in attacking France due to Belgian intervention. As a result, tensions increased and Britain ultimately declared war. Taylor in Source 1 argues how the plan indeed contributed to the outbreak of war, thus making it inevitable. However, Martel in Source 2 refutes from Taylor’s perspective, arguing that the plan was only carried out through a defensive motive by…

attack on France planned by the German General Count alfred Von Shefflien. The plan Created in 1905 was Germany’s plan so they would not have to fight in two places with going to war against France and Russia. The plan was modified by Helmuth von Moltke to help make the attack successful to not create a two front war. Germany knew the troubles they would get into with France and Russia but knew they would have to take the risk. The french had constructed their borders to be defensive with…

perpetuated the Kaiser’s fears. As a result, any actions by other European nations to politically strengthen themselves, Germany saw as an act of aggression. Sadly, this paradigm was shared by the German populace as well, who felt their nation was not receiving the level of respect they deserved. Thus, the Germans held onto a paradigm that war was a necessity to obtain what should already be theirs, prestige in Europe, and they made the necessary policy and posture changes that supported their…

Reading texts from over a hundred years ago, we often chuckle at how odd the English language was - reading Shakespeare is clearly different from reading the works of J.K. Rowling. To us, the older varieties of English have bizarre grammar, spelling, and pronunciation, which make us reluctant to accepting it. The reason why these older versions of English perplex us is because language is always changing. Modern-day English is composed of many different concepts, but for me, there are five…

Friedrich Ebert. When Kaiser Wilhelm fled to the Netherlands he told Freidrich to make a democracy to follow the Treaty of Versailles because, The treaty stated that Germany needed to change its ways of ruling over it’s people. So he did he gather the german Reich and they met at Weimar because berlin was too dangerous because of the communists rebellion. So there, in 1919 Germany changed its way of government and they…