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Austria-Hungary was made up of people with many different nationalities. There were Slavs, Hungarians, Italians, Serbs and Croats. Each one of these people believed that they should rule themselves. Nationalism spurred revolts against the government in 1848. The emperor at this time, Francis Joseph, tried to satisfy these nationalists by allowing small reforms, but…

event could have occurred is the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a tragedy that occurred in Germany on January 30, 1933. It resulted in the genocide of eleven million people, six million of whom were Jews and other minorities such as Soviet POWs, Polish, Serbs, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Roma Gypsies, Homosexuals, African Americans, the physically and mentally disabled and anyone who resisted his ideology. In the 1930’s when Hitler came into power Germany had been facing serious economic hardship. He…

Although a peace deal was made, Serbians do not see Kosovo as being independent and Kosovar Albanians have resentment and hatred towards Serbs. The Kosovar Albanians burned down anything Serbian in Kosovo down; Serbian churches got turned into garbage dumps. Source B states that “peace cannot be forged out of bombings”. Source A illustrates how NATO was fighting violence with violence. NATO…

major factor of the war and genocide. The Serbian people were mostly populated by Orthodox Christians while the Bosnian country was mostly part of the Islamic religion. Milosevic strongly disliked the Bosnian Muslim population and supported Bosnian-Serbs who attacked the Muslim dominated cities. Milosevic wanted to force the Bosnian Muslims to either become a part of Serbia, move into a small portion of Bosnia which would have been named Fildzan, or to be exterminated. (N. Halilovic, personal…

Until the breakout of World War 1 in 1914, Europe had maintained an uneasy peace since 1871. Following its unification in 1871, Germany formed the Triple Alliance with Italy and Austria-Hungary in 1882 under the leadership of chancellor Otto von Bismarck. In 1894, William II dropped the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia, prompting a Franco-Russian alliance. British-German relations also turned bitter because of William’s rash foreign policy. In 1907, Britain joined France and Russia, forming the…

“The world can be better if there is love, tolerance and humility.” Irena Sendler smuggled 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War Two. The Warsaw Ghetto, was a new “resettlement” for all Jews, from there, they were sent to concentration camps. Irena became a nurse and would smuggle the children out of the Ghetto using ambulances, potato sacks and more. However, she was caught by the Gestapo, German police, who then broke her limbs. She was sentenced to death but managed…

] Thomas Hobbes believed humans were born as brutes and we have an evil human nature. Plenty of people are villainous and dishonorable, yet for most of our life we rely on others for learning and in risky and important decisions, we listen to advice first, they we determine our conclusion. Theoretically, does this make sense? In Pyramus and Thisbe, Twenty Years On: The Unfinished Lives of Bosnia’s Romeo and Juliet, and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the main characters must decide whether to…

attempted assassination they took a detour from the route, and when they did, Gavrilo was waiting for them. He fired two shots. One landed in Ferdinand's neck and the other in Sophie's stomach. They were both killed almost immediately. Since Gavrilo was a Serb, Austria- Hungary, believed that Serbia had approved this plot to kill Ferdinand. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia and that is believed to be the beginning of what became…

Germany declared war on France and took over Belgium. Britain commanded Germany to leave Belgium. Germany ignored Britain, when Germany was still in Belgium, Britain declared war on Germany. On August sixth Austria declared war on Russia for helping the Serbs defend themselves. This essay will be explaining the plan that Germany thought…

Notorious leaders steal limelights around the globe, in ancient times all the way to the present day. Whether their works are revolts, genocides, or the subtle undoing of society, these individuals build controversial tactics about how to coerce society to react to different matters. But how do these people come to be so notorious? No one gains so much power and influence overnight; Adolph Hitler was no exception. Born in 1889 to a simple family in Austria (“Adolph Hitler: Er.Yrs.” n.p.), it was…