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The early 1900’s were an era stricken with war, poverty, and dictatorships. Spread across Europe, bombshells boomed, inflation soared, and economies plummeted sending major world powers into political and social misery. While the masses saw the failures of their nations as a terrible turn of events due to poor leadership, others saw it as an opportunity to seize power for themselves under the guise of reform. These men would be the cause of national and worldwide tyranny by the way of effective…

SOURCE A An extract from “The Incredible Story Of The Dambusters Raid” explaining the importance of the Möhne dam for war production in the 1900s. • The Möhne dam was important to Germany as it secured water supplies and prevented flooding. • Its mass of water was used to generate hydropower electricity, providing for the needs of the surrounding German public. • By Britain creating bombing techniques to cause destruction to this water source, it would have a significant setback on German war…

Propaganda has been used to convince millions of people in many different ways. One example of propaganda are commercials and advertisements, one specific example are Subway’s advertisements. Subway advertises their food saying that they use fresh and organic products for their sandwiches with their slogan, “Subway, eat fresh.” This propaganda convinced millions of people to believe that the food is actually fresh. Most of the food at Subway contains conditioners, preservatives as well as…

SUMMARY READING 1: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH -WILLAM L SHIRER THE RISE OF ADOLF HITLER The third reich or third regime was a terminology used by Hitler and the Nazi party to describe their domination of Germany from 1933-1945. The regime was born on January 28, 1933, when Hitler, leader of the National Socialists (Nazi party), the largest political party of Germany, demanded for himself the Chancellorship of the then democratic republic [1]. Hitler was positive that this…

There is no real way of knowing whether or not World War 2 was inevitable because it is in the past and there is no changing the past, but it is still possible to think about the “What If”. There is a possibility that it could have been avoided, tracing all the way back to the creation of the Treaty of Versaille on June 28th, 1919 (Walsh 80). This document was created by Britain, France, and the U.S. President. The treaty was a peace document for the end of World War I and put many restrictions…

“Kant or Cant: The Myth of Democratic Peace” by Christopher Layne The main argument of Layne is that Democratic Peace Theory (DPT) establishes a correlation between peace and democracies, but fails to create a causal link between the two, and that realism is ‘superior’ in explaining state’s action and behavior. In structural realism, factors in unit level do not change the structure of international politics, and thus democracies and non-democracies respond to rivals in the same way because…

What was more damaging to the interests of Great Britain and France, the remilitarization of the Rhineland or the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War? When looking upon the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and the Remilitarisation of the Rhineland through the perspective of a 1940’s British or French politician, you can see clearly how the former was to be prioritised. This was a war that had gripped a whole nation and the rapid military intervention by Germany and Italy soon meant that a…

The novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald tells the story of the lives of Americans in the 1920’s (The roaring 20’s) with its flapper girls, vintage automobile, jazz and vibrant nightlife. Ironically, the next decade the 1930’s for some will remain the darkest moment of America’s economy (The Great Depression). This essay recounts how America’s economy went from grace to grass between the 20’s and 30’s. It strongly believes America’s economy between the 1920’s and 1930’s greatly shaped…

Following Germany’s defeat in World War One, the allies presented a document known as Diktat (on dictated peace) to the German Government at the Palace of Versailles. Forcing Germany to take responsibility for the war, the nation was left powerless and in a state of depression. The unfair terms removed all pre-war colonies, acquired 48% of its iron production, 16% of its coal production, 13% of its territory and 12% of its population. Furthermore the imposed reparations acted as a noose around…

There has been a lot of arguments about the significance of the Munich Putsch or Beer Hall Putsch and this is my argument. I believe that it’s significance is highly related to Hitler, but not much important when compared to other events or people. Hitler is widely known as the dictator of Germany. When his name is mentioned, it brings a negative connotation to most people. He was known as the guy who killed millions of people, but how did it start? What helped him become powerful? How does the…