Wilhelm II

This simulation inspired me that, the balance of power can not simply explain the cause of World War I. By using Waltz’s three levels of analysis, the individual acts and beliefs, the collision of interest between states, as well as the anarchic nature of the international system could explain the outbreak of WWI. On the individual level, important figures significantly affected the possibility of war and the process of history. For example, Garivalo Princie was a Serbian nationalist who…

participation in world war II Starving, neglected, brutalized, and mistreated: these descriptors are just a small number of many that could be used to describe the prisoners made to endure the horrific realities of the Nazi death camps quickly taking over Germany during World War II. The treatment of Prisoners was akin to mice in a lab; they came in infinite supply and due to the scientists and doctors little regard for non-Aryan lives they had zero hope of salvation. During World War II there…

the threat to Germany was exclusively from Russia; the plan was geared towards a westward attack first. Moltke stated that “If Germany mobilizes against Russia, she must also reckon war with France”. There could be no compromise, even when Kaiser Wilhelm II had a last minute change of heart and wanted Russia, and not France to be attacked first. Moltke argued this was impossible; the plan was too rigid to be altered. German victory was seen to depend on the success of the Schlieffen Plan, and…

location holds significance as it was where the Holocaust started and where it would end. The Nuremberg Trials were most known for the prosecution of main members of the political, judicial, economic and military leaders of Germany during World War II as they caused terror through the systematic genocide of an entire race as well as being involved in other war crimes. The trials also persecuted those…

World War I World War I started in the summer of 1914. Most of the war took place in Europe. The war was long and lasted four years. World War I was unlike any previous wars. New weapons such as machine guns, tanks and poison gas made fighting deadlier than ever. Submarines changed naval warfare because they could sink ships without warning. Since, fighting was set all across the world they called it the World War. The United States kept neutral from the war until multiple threats to America…

World War II was the deadliest war fought in history as it ranked up the highest number of casualties. A majority of the deaths were a result of the most horrific event in history, the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a genocide led by Nazi German ruler, Adolf Hitler, and his alliances. During the Holocaust, about six million Jewish people in Europe were imprisoned in concentration camps and murdered. The people who were ordered to carry out the genocide are viewed as evil beings. In his book,…

New Imperialism Resulting from a rapid technical progress, a new attitude towards foreign policy began to dominate European governments. Political elites were increasingly influenced by the idea of Social Darwinism which justified the growing demand for more aggressive expansion and reinforcement of national status. “Survival of the fittest” encouraged states to engage in colonial rivalry since acquisition of territories outside Europe began to determine the potentiality for dominance in the…

Some may argue that Adolph Hitler sowed the seeds of Germany's defeat when he introduced the laws barring Jewish individuals from university teaching posts. The exodus of Jewish scientists from Germany created a chance for the United States to recruit scientists and create an atomic bomb project. In 1933, when Hitler gained the trust of the German Nation by becoming the dictator, the Nuremberg Laws were passed. These laws forbade employment in the civil service facilities to anyone with a Jewish…

War on Terror Greatest aspiration of humankind from ancient times up now is still yearning for a real peace and eternal. But in history, mankind has witnessed many times to the blue sky of the earth in an opaque by smoke of war. Currently, terrorism in many countries around the world are breaking the peaceful atmosphere of everyone. The word “terrorism” has become a word very familiar to people today. Associated with it is a tragic bloodshed, is dead, is ruined desolation, was haunting horrors…

Vladimir Ilich Lenin, first leader of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic, is credited with creation of the term, “Commanding Heights.” This particular term is used to describe sectors of a nation’s economy which are deemed a necessity for the country’s survival; examples of this include electricity, mining, transportation, and perhaps the most important – petroleum. As societies around the world became more technological, the need for more efficient fuels began to rise. Due to this very…