World War I reparations

At a time when Germany was suffering from the loss and humiliation of World War 1, Adolf Hitler rose up to save the motherland from the Weimar Republic. Through the Beer Hall Putsch and the creation of the Nazi party, Adolf took a stand by an attempt to overthrow the Bavarian government, as well as promote nationalistic ideas throughout the state of Germany. Despite Hitler’s failed coup d’état, Hitler continued to pursue his goal to, in fact, rise to power. Although he was convicted of treason…

Austria-Hungarian throne. With the assassination of their Archduke, the Austria-Hungary had the excuse to strike Serbia and one of many reasons that sparked the war which Europe was already inflamed by other causes that lead to the Great War. Nationalism, Imperialism, Alliances and militarism were the other reasons that drove Europe into war. For that reasons, all those…

People have used propaganda, in many forms, to convince people in believing in their message for various reasons. One example are Subway’s advertisements and commercials. Subway is known for letting customers choose what goes on their sandwiches from their wide variety of bread, meats, and vegetables. In several commercials, Subway has one of their employee making a sandwich for a customer. During these ads, the customer or employee always emphasizes on how Subway’s sandwiches are made fresh…

Militarism- The military grew in competing countries. The contest between Germany and Britain at sea between Germany, France, Russia Alliance System- where big countries stayed together incase of a war. The triple alliance and leaders of big alliances acted reckless towards others. Imperialism- Ruling over a country. European countries ruled smaller countries, and competed with each other. Colonies became known as Imperialism. France and Britain had many colonies in Africa and Asia.…

International Relations Article Essay The two pieces that I will be discussing are Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points speech and the article written by Matthias Matthijs and R. Daniel Kelemen, Europe Reborn: How to Save the European Union From Irrelevance. I will be explaining what points both pieces are trying to make as well as what points of view they are coming from. In Woodrow Wilson’s speech he is approaching it from a liberal view and Matthijs and Kelemen are similarly using the perspective to…

There are several causes for the First World War. One of the main events that pronounced the beginning of the war was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro -Hungarian throne. The assassin was Gavrilo Princip, who was a member of a nationalist group called the Black Hand which aimed to unite the territories containing Serbs. However, although the occurrence is seen as the main cause, it was only the spark. The assassination combined with the conflicts with alliances,…

opinions. The decision of Kaiser Wilhelm II to enter World War I would forever alter Germany 's history. Eric Weitz 's book on the Weimer Republic does a remarkable job of analyzing the political atmosphere as a result of social, cultural, and political changes that occurred before 1933, beginning with Imperial Germany. THESIS: The economic discrepancy felt by the majority of German 's under Kaiser Wilhelm II as a result of the decision to go to war led to a great contempt and distrust for…

The First World War and its aftermath opened to gates to international politics and warfare as we know them today. After five years of brutal and slow stalemate, American intervention finally broke the back of Germany. The abdication of the Kaiser and unconditional surrender of the Weimar Republic led to treaty negotiations at the Paris Peace Conferences in 1919. The world that Georges Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson, and other conference participants found themselves tasked with reshaping was in…

Hitler was one of the most influential and infamous dictators of the 20th century. Hitler’s upbringing and experiences as a member of the German Army during World War I, created a sense of German Nationalism that was the catalyst to his anti-Semitic views later in life. As the leader of the Nazi party, Hitler’s primary goal was to rid the world of the Jewish population and create a master race. Hitler’s beliefs were filled with hate and German supremacy. Although Germany was a cultured and…

source at the time was , since Versailles brought mass humiliation and bore resentment in Germany- by the restriction of the army to 100,00 volunteers, the abolishing of the air force, the war guilt clause, and loss of over-sea colonies and territory, and spiralling inflation caused by its heavy burden of reparations and loss of trade. Therefore, in the context of the document it useful and understandable for Historians to see the documents relevance, and why extreme right-wing parties such as…