Kingdom of Prussia

Otto von Bismarck unified Germany which consisted of 27 territories. During this time period, Germany rapidly started to become industrialized mainly in obtaining coal and iron. The population at the time was about 60 million. Germany caught up with great powers like Britain and France by having a growing rail network, and one of the strongest armies. Their navy also was the second best Navy. Otto Von Bismarck's foreign policy was to maintain a balance of power in Europe because he feared France…

The expansion was largely due to alliances made prior to the war. These alliances were made due to fear, revenge, common enemies, and a desire for protection. Otto von Bismarck of Germany formed numerous alliances during his time as chancellor of Prussia and then later Germany. Bismarck’s alliances included The Three Emperors League, which was instituted in 1873 then…

Have you heard about the Weimar Republic? You may haven’t mostly because the Weimar Republic changed its name. It’s named the country of Germany. I know shocker, well now you know what the Weimar republic is. Now you maybe be asking yourself, who invented the Weimar republic? Well, that’s easy, The Weimar Republic was made by 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…

endured through wars and revolts. Otto von Bismarck became chancellor. In 1848, following a series of liberal revolutions, an all-German parliament was created. In 1871, Germany finally became a unified country after three wars between Austria and Prussia. Bismarck joined all the German states together, and soon Germany was one of the biggest military, industrial, and economical powers in Europe. However, Germany in the late-1800s had no interest in colonization. They were barely a nation. The…

The nation of Germany did not come about until the year of 1870.The word Germany comes from the Latin word Germania, it is said it came to use by Julius Caesar, who used it to describe the people who lived by the Rhine River many years ago. Law in Germany is codified and is predominantly federal. The system of criminal justice comes from civil rather than common law. The power in Germany is split between the federal government and state. Pretty similar to the United States of America, Germany…

What was the state of the Weimar Republic in 1924? The impact of the first world war was still being heavily felt in Germany in 1924. The war had caused Germany a whole heap of problems that they were struggling to solve and deal with. They had pay reparations to France and Britain which they didn’t have the money for due to the fact they did not find a way to pay for the war. Whereas for example Britain raised taxes. They had to pay the reparations as part of the Treaty of Versailles which…

He introduced more liberal reforms such as releasing political prisoners, abolishing censorship and giving increased powers to smaller areas in Prussia, these reforms however backfired and more opposition arose. Consequently he returned to the restrictive policies he previously enforced. A character who was very mixed in his effectiveness as a decision maker is Adolf Hitler, he was extremely successful…

Often times, humans have the tendency to oppose those who they believe are irrational or distinctively different than them. This was the case in the newly unified German nation during the late nineteenth century. Under German chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the infant German state began to develop a growing sense of nationalistic pride, as the National Liberals became a dominant political force for political and social activism. When Bismarck and the Prussian-controlled German government tried to…

The outbreak of war in 1914 has been the subject of considerable debate ever since the war was concluded in 1918. Initially the victorious powers did blame Germany wholly for causing the war whilst historians from the 1920’s and 30’s tended to focus on the shared guilt e.g. Lloyd George argued that the nations of Europe slithered into the cauldron of war and nobody really wanted it but nobody really did anything to stop it. This argument has some credence but does not differentiate sufficiently…

The Versailles Treaty and the Rise of Hitler World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. The Treaty of Versailles was imposed on Germany in 1919 by the winning allies, who included Britain and France. The Treaty consisted of five main points. These five main points are what contributed to the rise of Hitler. In my essay I am going to go over each point and the effects it had upon Germany. The first point in the Versailles treaty was stated in…