Maastricht Treaty

Unfortunately, not only was the government’s infrastructures becoming weak, but it also began losing its discipline. In an attempt to bring prosperity back to Germany, the government asked the United States for several juicy loans. With such money, almost an instant boom was created. Culture was flourishing back, construction, music, art, every aspect of the German culture was expanding at a rapid pace.(source G1) Unfortunately, people began rioting and became uncivilized. Thanks to the general…

What caused the Holocaust? Germany after the Treaty of Versailles was in a weakened and vulnerable state, where they were progressively, but easily manipulated by propaganda to believe their restoration and survival depended on a pure German line, and any impurities present needed to be eradiated for they compromised the future of Germany. The state of mind that allowed for such actions to take place was in part due to the Treat of Versailles that aggravated the German nation. The World…

The Treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty that was discussed at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. The treaty discussed the punishment for those who were held responsible for World War I. While the Ottoman Empire was completely destroyed, other countries, including newly formed Austria and Hungary were punished. The country that was most severely punished, however, was Germany. There was an extraordinary amount of punishment that was outlined in the treaty such as a diminished army, large…

and economy, Germany was still burdened with the Treaty of Versailles, holding the country accountable financially and morally for what happened during World War I. Though persons of Germany in post-World War I times would blame the effects of the Treaty of Versailles for the start of World War II, it is quite evident…

In this essay, it will be shown how Canada joined World War One as a colony and dispersed as an independent nation. The next couple paragraphs will examine the battle of Vimy Ridge, women in the Great War, and the Treaty of Versailles benefitted Canada’s transition from a colony to a nation. This essay will be referencing the magnificent work of Garfield Newman’s, Canada: A Nation Unfolding, and Chris Trueman’s website, http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/index.htm. Vimy Ridge was located…

Democratic Republic, particularly the Ebert government, at fault for the harsh conditions of the Treaty of Versailles and aimed…

autocratic powers of the Axis (Germany, Japan, and Italy). WWII could have been prevented by treating Germany and the German people, Italy, and Japan with much greater respect after WWI, especially during the Paris Peace Conference and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. The rise of Nazi Germany was a ticking…

In Why War?—a series of correspondence between him and Albert Einstein—Sigmund Freud argues that war is solution for the societal elite to accomplish their goals without getting directly involved in conflict. Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front echoes the sentiments and ideas expressed by Sigmund Freud. Freud states that war is an inevitable process towards the progression of society at the cost of individuality, and his sentiments can be seen through Remarque’s portrayal of…

From the industrial revolution to the contemporary time period many conflicts arose. Starting with world war one, world war two, the cold war, the great depression, and many other conflicts. Those conflicts characterized that time period of distress and disaster. Thankfully even in the worst times leaders with strong values arose and made legacies in the period of trail. Each one of does legacies is different from one another for their different circumstance they arose. Several outstanding…

At the time, World War I was the deadliest and most destructive war the world ever experienced. Within the span of four years, more than 25 countries involved themselves in the war (“World War I”). All the soldier and civilians involved with the war experienced a great deal of trauma. Each individual deals with traumatic experiences differently; however, the war left a negative impact emotionally on a portion of those involved. They did not know it at the time, but these people suffered from a…