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Germany And Austria Britain And France
812 wordsIn 1871 two new major states of Europe had been formed the German Empire and the kingdom of Italy. The new German Empire, under the hand of Otto von Bismarck, was steered carefully, always with an eye upon France, for the Franco-Prussian War (187071) had left France thirsting for revenge and for recovery of the lost provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. 2 Germany had allied itself with Russia and Austria-Hungary in the Three Emperors League, but Austria-Hungary and Russia were not the best of friend...
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Austria Hungary German Army
1,686 wordsFirstly, we must proceed to explain the nature of Article 231 in order to be able to analyse its judgement about Germany's responsibility for the war. After the war had ended, Europe's, especially Frances economy was devastated. There was also a general desire for such a war never to repeat itself, as the first proof of modern warfare proved to be ruinous. To deal with this two issues the allied powers made Germany sign the war guilt clause which made it accept all the guilt for the war and beca...
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Franco Prussian War Suez Canal
2,210 wordsBy the mid 1800 s colonialism appeared to have become a thing of the past. Except for Canada, which was on its way toward self-rule, Britain had lost her American holdings. Spain and Portugal had lost control of most of South America and the Caribbean, and The Netherlands was having difficulties maintaining the East Indies (saburchill. com). The prevailing train of thought was that colonies were a burden to the mother country and should be formally acquired only if absolutely necessary. Most nat...
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Austro Hungarian Empire First World War
1,865 wordsWorld War One or 'The Great War' as it became known, occurred due to many causes, some of which still remain unexposed today. The obvious trigger for the war was the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on 28 th June 1914. The assassination occurred during the Archduke's visit to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Archduke was targeted due to the general feeling amongst Serbians that, once appointed to the th...
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Prussian War Common Language
401 wordsThe development of modern nationalism is often dated to the French Revolution Era. Since that time and throughout history, nationalism has been motivated by a variety of different factors, bringing much change to regions or nations. There are also many cause and effects that contribute to nationalism. Throughout history, there have been many causes of nationalism. One cause due to nationalism was Revolutionaries. Mazzini tried to get unification in Italy but failed not because of the weakness of...
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Unification Of Italy And Germany
559 wordsBy 1871 both the kingdom of Italy and the empire of Germany were united. Even though both countries used popular trends to that time, both liberalism and nationalism, the process unifying these two countries was very different. The end result was Germany emerging as a strong nation and Italy appropriately, the weaker. Italy's problems started with the fact that it didnt have one main ruler, but two people and a concept, resulting in a different approach to the unification. Gulseppe Mazzini had a...
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Chief Of Staff Austria Hungary
1,870 wordsThe instability in the Balkans was the weak link in the complex relationships that had developed in Europe. A little Balkan war was swamped in a struggle of European powers and there became a general upheaval in Europe, which destroyed its stable civilization. The clash with Serbia in July 1914 affected an issue of such magnitude, it is not surprising all the powers soon became involved; all of them had interests at stake. The underlying conflict of interest of particularly Russia and Austria-Hu...
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Austria Hungary Germanic States Prussia
413 wordsBismarck, that was the founder of Germany, is known for his cleverness as a politician. He had conservative values, however in politics he sometimes made sacrifices (opportunist). He didn't believe in democracy but preferred oligarchy, he wasn't a dictator though. His life goal was to unify Germany and make of it, a great power. The unification took place in 1871, but in order to achieve it, many years had to pass. Prussia, a country with a strong army and a large number of population was ready ...
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Communist Movement Bolshevik Party
1,089 words... r nation. The answer is revolution. The thing that made Russia a perfect place for these western European ideas was the fact that there really was a problem in Russia. Czar Nicholas I admitted himself that, "I know absolutely nothing about matters of state, " (Sherrow 34). And people no l ger trusted the czar. Thus, the stage was set for a new Russia. My brother, though I did look up to him, was not the soul reason that I became involved in the rebellion. How do you think the Bolshevik Party...
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Franco Prussian War Russia And Austria
1,127 wordsWorld War I was a very complicated war. It goes back as far back as 1870. Of course the was didn't last for that many years, but it had many cases. Not just one spark that started it off. The Franco-Prussian War was one of these cases. There were several Franco-Prussian Wars. The last Franco-Prussian War started in 1870. Prussia was in a confederation. A confederation is a group of states that are loosely joined together and have more power than the government of the whole country. Prussia was t...
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000 Years Ago Papua New Guinea
1,657 wordsOceania is a collective name for the islands scattered throughout most of the Pacific Ocean. The term, in its widest sense, embraces the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas. A more common definition excludes the Ryukyu, Kuril, and Aleutian islands and the Japan archipelago. The most popular usage delimits Oceania further by eliminating Indonesia, Taiwan, and the Philippines, because the peoples and cultures of those islands are more closely related historically to the Asian mainl...
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1,389 wordsGermany from 1890, National Identities (1) The founding of German Empire, which is also being commonly referred to as Second Reich, coincided with German decisive victory over France in 1871. After Napoleons defeat in 1815, Holy Roman Empire of German Nation ceased to exist, which resulted in Germany being split in 39 independent states. Their independence was based on monarchic tradition, while there were no objective reasons for the Germany to be divided. This was realized by Prussian Prime Mi...
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German Nationalism Oxford Clarendon
795 wordsGerman History The period of German history between 1820 - 1960 is marked by such a phenomenon as rising nationalism which had peculiarities caused by internal and external factors. Nationalism is initially linked with liberals who lead the call for unity versus the old rulers. The idea of the people making up the nation and nationalism can go well together - idea of popular sovereignty. Liberals in Germany especially tended to stress the power of the state to unify. Liberal hopes for German uni...
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University Students And German Unity
1,711 wordsUniversity students and German unity "Nineteenth Century" was an era marked by many historical, political, economic and cultural events in the world. According to some historians points of view, it stretched from 1815 to 1914. But others proved that several events which happened at the end of 18 th century influenced greatly the development of main ideas in the 19 th one; thats why the century defined from 1789 to 1914. During that period of time a lot of events happened: the Napoleonic Wars, fi...
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2,476 wordsDescribe And Discuss Kehr? s Reasons For Believing Describe And Discuss Kehr? s Reasons For Believing That The Rejection Of An English Alliance Was Due Kehr? s essays are united by the title? Primat der Innenpolitik? since Kehr? s take on the Wilhelmine and Bismarckian Reich's was that the Ranked ideal of a Primat der Aussenpolitik based on the coordination and common goals of the nation state was not just outdated, but simply a bourgeois illusion. ? Kehr refers to the idea of? objective? and? a...
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Franco Prussian War South German States
1,267 wordsFranco-Prussian War, war in 1870 - 1871 lost by France to the German states under the leadership of Prussia. The underlying causes of the conflict were the determination of the Prussian statesman Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck to unify Germany under Prussian control and, as a step toward this goal, to eliminate French influence over Germany. On the other hand, Napoleon III, emperor of France from 1852 to 1870, sought to regain both in France and abroad the prestige lost as a result of n...
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German Americans German Immigrants
1,314 wordsIn 1990 the U. S. Census Bureau reported that 57, 985, 595 people in the United States claimed some measure of German ancestry. This makes up almost a quarter of the U. S. population. German immigration started as early as 1607. The first three Germans to migrate to the U. S. were, F. Unger, H. Keffer, and F. Today who were followers of Captain John Smith who settled in Jamestown, Virginia. They started the first German colony, known as the? damned dutch. ? From 1820 - 1970 they estimated about ...
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Austria Hungary Britain
524 words1. Three Emperors? s League: In 1873 this league linked the monarchs of Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Russia in an alliance against racial movements Russian-German Reassurance Treaty: When the young impetuous German emperor William 2 dismissed Bismarck in part because of the chancellor? s friendly policy towards Russia since the 1870? s. He then adamantly refused to sign the Russian-German Reassurance Treaty, in spite of Russian willingness to do so. This fateful departure in foreign affairs pro...
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First World War Balance Of Power
3,244 wordsHow Convincing Do You Find Meinecke? s Explanation How Convincing Do You Find Meinecke? s Explanation For The Rise Of National Socialism? As a historian, I appreciate the absurdity of the rise of Nazism, however I have found Meinecke? s explanation of the rise of Nazism, given its date of publication, to be not so much a disclaimer on behalf of the German people, as others have found it to be, but almost an attempt at academic vindication of the Anglo-American post-war view of Germany, often sup...
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2,047 wordsImperialism, World War I and Revolution and Nationalism I) As some of us know what imperialism is, I would like to start you off with a definition for those who may not know what it is or what it means. Imperialism is a policy that one strong nation wants to take over or dominate other countries economic, political, and social forces. The reason is to take over land in all parts of the globe. An example of Imperialism would be India. The British came into India regulating the eastern side of Ind...
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