The Austrian ambassador to Serbia immediately left Belgrade and France, promising to support Russia if they went to war. ... On August 1, 1914, Germany declared war on Russia and France, ordering a general mobilization of the German mobility. 2. ... The countries involved in the war weren't ready to stop fighting; neither side was ready, willing or able to end the battle. ... What were soviets, and what roles did they play in the March and October Revolutions? ... How did Lenin manipulate the Petrograd Soviet to begin the October Revolution? ...

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Italy and Germany had been unified not many decades earlier, Britain was enjoying the beneficial effects of an Industrial Revolution, and France was angry and thirsty for revenge over the loss of Alsace-Lorraine. ... The Moroccan crisis between France and Germany proved to be one "testing ground" for French allies Britain and Russia. ... The African crises had already bred hostilities between all of these nations, and Britain was allied with France as a result of this as well. As Germany violated the Belgian neutrality by invading to facilitate an attack on France, Britain then declared war...

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Simultaneously, Edmond Charles Genet was sent to the United States as a special representative from France to implore support in the French Revolution. ... Genet had copiously essayed to obtain American support in the French Revolution, and in accordance with America's foreign policy, Washington vehemently resisted any involvement in war. ... Talleyrand, the French foreign minister, sent an agent, later called X, to demand that the Americans pay tributes to France. ... The Americans refused and the talks eventually ended. ... The risks taken by both presidents, and the end resul...

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The defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588) and the loss of the United Provinces of the Netherlands (completed by 1648) mark the end of Spain's greatness. ... The State System in this arena was affected by Industrial Revolution, representative governments, political changes, growth of international law, emergence of international organization, economic interdependence, revolution in the means of transport and communication. ... The war ended with the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1763. ... Year 1776 saw the American Declaration of Independence and in 1789 the Estates General meets in Paris be...

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In the likely event of war with Russia, the Schlieffen Plan, expecting French support for Russia, called on Germany to launch a devastating and fast-paced attack on France. ... How, then, was Germany to defeat France in six weeks? ... Revolution in Russia (1917-1918) Summary The Great War dragged on from 1914 through 1917 with little change. ... Though out of chronological order, we will treat the impact of the Russian Revolution on World War I first. ... Seeds of the Russian Revolution, however, had been sown years before. ...

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But as the French society moved toward revolution women began to speak of the hate against them. ... During the scientific revolution men were making discoveries and coming up with new ideas all over the world. ... In the time of the Industrial Revolution women began receiving jobs in factories. ... At the end of the 19th century women began to become educated. ...

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It was caused by a revolution known as "The Bolshevik Revolution.... These people, known as royalists, managed to gain support from France, Great Britain, and partly the United States. This whole feud is a result of the "Bolsheviks Revolution.... In the end the two countries were alike in a way the countries ended in becoming communist. ... Despite the differences, The end result was the same, a communist country for both of them....

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In the year 1789, the French revolution broke out, a series of revolutionary wars began, leading to the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. ... They are: Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle 1818, where France was admitted to the Quintuple Alliance Congress of Troppeau 1820, which was a response to revolts in Spain, Portugal, Piedmont and Naples Congress of Laibach 1821, where Austria and Russia were ready to send soldiers against Italian revolts. Congress of Verona 1822 , when French troops were used against rebellion in Spain and which Britain withdrew from the Quintuple Alliance afterwards Af...

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But Instead he ended up on Islands in the Carribean Sea also known as the Americas. ... Definitely a new thought process but the Jews won in the end. ... Not only that but during WWII Belgium desired independence from South France. France revoked Belgium's autonomy and governed them directly. Allied powers then took over France but differences in language and religion caused issues thus causing the Belgian Revolution. ...

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Due to such major turning points as the Industrial Revolution, workers were being exploited by profit-hungry employers and public authorities who were not protecting the rights of the poor. ... Then, in 1815, the Industrial Revolution SPREAD to other European countries following the French Revoultion and Napoleonic Wars. ... Then, in the 20th century, America began to face only the beginning of hardships, which would seem to never end. ... Beginning in 1939 as a European conflict between Germany and an Anglo-French coalitoin, it widened to include most of the nations in the world. However,...

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Reparations affected many different countries in Europe mainly Germany, France, Britain and Russia. ... France wanted the most money from Germany and wanted to destroy her. ... The treaty resulted in Russia claming reparations from Germany and Germany claming compensation from Russia from the time of the revolution. ... As a result of this France occupied the Rhur. ... At the end of 1928 the Dawes plan was due to end it was replaced by the Young plan. ...

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The height of those concerns coincided with the winds of revolution beginning to blow across the Russian nation. ... With the Russian military dealing with the rumblings of revolution and the wavering certainty of the Tsar, France could help to keep potential German attacks in check. Likewise, if the Kaiser set his sights on France, Russia could mobilize in retaliation. Due to the circumstances, France simply was forced to pick a side, and went with Russia. ... When it became obvious that Austria-Hungary leaders were looking to use the Serbian tensions as an excuse to finally end the Serbi...

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Throughout the 19th century, Europe went through the Second Industrial Revolution. The Second Industrial Revolution caused the growth of coal, iron, electricity, petroleum, and steel. ... After the end of Second World War, the Marshall Plan was introduced. ... For example, France struggled with developing a new Parliament and Britain struggled with developing a new social policy. ... The mid nineteenth century was the period of the Second Industrial Revolution. ...

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A formal agreement to end the war was made and called the Treaty of Versailles. ... These fallen empires had to be divided up and America's President Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau of France, Vittorio Orlando of Italy, and David Lloyd George of Great Britain, were the main deciders of this deal. During 1918, Russia was knocked out of the war due to military defeats and the Bolshevik Revolution. ... The Allied, who captured Germany, wanted to make a peace treaty to end the fighting. ... Germany got the blunt end of the war and was desperate to find a new leader to get out of th...

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France of all countries should know the true horror of an evil dictator after experiencing the wrath of Nazi occupation in the Second World War. ... Following the end of the First World War, Germany signed the Treat of Versailles bringing an end to hostilities while agreeing to a number of military and economic sanctions in an effort to avert any further conflict. ... As the United States and her allies continue to fight the War on Terrorism and fight for the freedom of people everywhere in the world, we will not soon forget the actions of France of the past year. We have historically been fri...

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Austria-Hungary signed war pact with Germany while Serbia with Russia (U.S.S.R) France and Britain (The Alliance). The Great War ended with the Germans signing the treaty of Versailles to the Alliance on the 28th of June 1919, which was exactly five years after the death of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. ... The countries that had powers then were Britain, France, America and Russia. World War one was the beginning of a new revolution; it was also one of the reasons World War two occurred. ... But World War 2 was not necessary, if it hadn't been for how World War 1 had ended, World War 2 w...

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Once they had begun funding the French struggle against the nationalist movement in Vietnam, the Americans saw an imminent opportunity to possibly apply their own colonial model there, but "called upon the French or the Chinese for the raw intelligence information that informed their reports to Washington," (Bradley 94). ... [lacking] traditions of indigenous governance," with French rule being an insult to that injury (83, 84). ... What we can surmise from this was that sympathy for the Vietnamese people was secondary – if not a means to an end -- to global strategic considerations at th...

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At the end of the Second World War, France lied in ruins and Vietnam was left with no governmental occupation after the surrender of the Japanese. This was known as the August revolution and can also be seen as the turning point for Ho and the Viet Minh as they filled the power vacuum' and declared Vietnam independent which gave Ho the opportunity to gain support from the peasants. ... These consisted of the severe damages that the French had caused to the country, the harshly affected rice fields due to the French robbing them for their own interests and the economic class system that ha...

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"The German's are not looking for protection as we do but are willing to risk us for their gain" (Roberto Galisti, 1914,p233) Most historians agree that nationalism (caused by the many revolutions) was one of the prominent causes of World War One. ... The armies of France and Germany doubled in size between 1870 and 1914. ... A few clashes over Morocco and the Balkins almost ended in war between France and Britain but eventually just helped build the tension between all the powers. ... Britain rose to defend France and gave the Germans strong warnings. ... The Germans declared war o...

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To some extent the Spanish Civil War struggled between Fascism and Communism but towards the end, Fascism was not applied by the government. ... As these major groups quarreled over military and revolutionary policy they caused a social revolution and severe internal confusion. ... Other counties like France and Mexico also contributed military aid to help the Republicans fight for their cause. ...

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Two groups were formed, the Central Powers consisting of Germany, Turkey, Austria and the Allied Powers with France, Great Britain, and Russia. ... The Americans had been loaning $3billion to Great Britain and France and needed to make sure that the loan would be paid off or else the US economy would suffer immensely. ... President Wilson did not want Americans taking sides, although this was hard since there were many immigrants from Germany, Ireland (pro Germans) as well as people with cultural ties with England and France. ... A trigger may have been the Russian Revolution. ... WWI ended wi...

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The war with Poland 1921-22 was won by help from France but also due to the NEP. ... The Russia gained quick and easy victory in the beginning of the war with Pyrrhic victory (Finland), however winning against Germany towards the end was vital, as the reason for Russia to modernise was to stop home invasion and to prosper, and therefore outstanding Nazi Germany invading Russia 1941 was crucial. ... Linin made an impact on the modernization of Russia by leading the revolution. ... This allowed the followers to have desire about modernisation, as they were in the revolution for change to happen....

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Like many other great rulers like the Austrian born German Hitler and the Corsican born French leader Napoleon, Stalin was an outsider in the empire he came to rule. ... As the bourgeois became more wealthy the working class would grow ever more impoverished leading to a revolution and the establishment of what is called the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. ... It ends with Carl marx's stating "let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. ... Revolution Stalin played an important, but not vital, part in the revolution. ... But by the end of 1922, Stalin's growing ...

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Up until the Pless conference it appeared that America would therefore keep out of the war as far as fighting was concerned, however, America had helped the allies from the start by providing loans in excess of $2 billion to Britain and France whilst only supplying just under $27 million to Germany. This money lending was more of an economical manoeuvre to enable Britain and France to pay for the goods they were buying from the U.S. ... The Germans cause to attack the liner was that it was secretly carrying weapons therefore it was a reasonable target for the Germans to attack, however, their...

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History Coursework - World War One 1) Sources A, B and C are war recruitment posters published by various governments with the aim of influencing more people to volunteer for armed service in the war. Sources A and B are an earlier type of source, depending on the patriotic fervour that swept Britain at the war's outset, portraying enlistment as a duty to the country and empire. The posters themselves being of an accusatory nature, demanding from the reader "What did you do in the war?" and that they should "Go!", the fighting taking a crusade-like facade in which the only way...

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