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    In July of 1914 the most notable conflict on the earth was commenced, World War I. With more than 6 million deaths due to this war it is apparent that the desideratum to kill was stronger than ever before in the wrangling soldiers, but will the slaughtering ever end? One man had to propose the conditions for peace and it was Thomas Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, served from 1913 to 1921 and was the leader of the Progressive Movement. Wilson, joined with The Inquiry,…

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    Essay In 1919, Germany was presented with the peace terms of the Treaty of Versailles to end the gruesome World War I with two choices: to sign the treaty, or to be invaded and face yet another war. If they choose to sign, this would mean that they were solely “responsible” for the damage World War I had caused worldwide and would have to face the appropriate penalty for doing so. It was with great difficulty that Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles. Although a percentage from the German…

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    other, smaller, nations. To make this possible he had to remove the possible danger of Soviet Union retaliation. Despite underlying distrust, the opposing dictators were able to come to an agreement of peace for the sake of conquest, and signed the treaty of non-aggression in 1939. As unlikely as it may seem that these two dictators could have peace, they were men of political savvy and both had underlying motives for the…

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    Q4: 1.0: Introduction The issue on whether the principle of supremacy (hereinafter called ‘POS’) of European Union (EU) law where EU law takes precedence over national law still stands firmly, or it is merely a hallucination in the eyes of national courts will be tackled by looking at the Member States’ (MS) responses to European Court of Justice (ECJ) decisions and the methods of ‘qualification’ to EU law’s supremacy that MS adopted alongside with the academics opinions. 2.0: EU law is…

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    The European Investigation Order into Criminal Matters Collecting evidence is at the core of any criminal proceeding. It enables policing authorities to identify potential offenders, helping to demonstrate a perpetrators guilt or innocence. National borders are not a consideration when criminal activity occurs. Criminal cross-border activity investigation requires cooperation between prosecutors, judges and the European Union across the borders. Transnational criminal activity is on the…

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    The differing goals of Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd George and Woodrow Wilson was a catalyst the arising problems at the Paris Peace Conference. The conference was an international meeting convened on January 19, 1919 in Versailles which is located on the outskirts of Paris. The purpose of the meeting was to establish the terms of peace after World War One. France’s Prime Minister Clemenceau had one primary goal, which was to ensure that German never invaded France and to punish Germany…

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    At the conclusion of the great war world leaders came together to support the international movement for peace. The peace treaty they created, The Treaty of Versailles, was created to reprimand the nations responsible for the war and to stop any future wars from happening. The Agreements outlined in the Treaty of Versailles at the conclusion of World War One created a brief period of peace, yet it ultimately led to the rise of Fascist leaders such as Adolf Hitler and the beginning of World War…

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    to create peace after the First World War through the Treaty of Versailles (Traité de Versailles) which was only benefiting the “big three”. The Treaty of Versailles is a peace treaty that was put into place at the end of World War I to ensure that there would be peace between the countries involved. This treaty mainly involved Great Britain, United States, France and Germany even though Germany was banned from making any negotiations. The Treaty of Versailles was created for these nations to…

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    Europe during the First World War was seemed to be risen by the conflict between the nations for defense of itself from others, but also the failed diplomacy of Europe. This major event was meant to be at rest using the Treaty of Versailles as a peace agreement for the conflicting nation. The two major wars during 1914 through 1945 had many similarities which could possibly have accounted for one war although with a short break in between. Since the mid-19th century, there had been an increase…

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    Of the most prominent causes of the Second World War, the biggest was evidently Hitler’s rise to power. Though the outcomes of the Treaty of Versailles, the failure of the League of Nations and the failure brought about by appeasement played their own roles in the beginning of the war, it was Hitler’s tyrannical and assertive nature, and his motives that drove everything forward, leading the countries involved in the specific direction of World War II. Due to his efforts, and the way that he…

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