The issue that took the most time were the territorial issues because the empires of Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman, and Germany had collapsed. ... During 1918, Russia was knocked out of the war due to military defeats and the Bolshevik Revolution. Even though Russia had not been part of the Central Powers, Germany seized much of western Russia. After many months of arguing, the four men had made western Russia into the nations of Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Poland. ...

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The word terrorism was first used in France to describe a new system of government adopted during the French Revolution (1789-1799). The regime de la terreur (Reign of Terror) was intended to promote democracy and popular rule by ridding the revolution of its enemies and thereby purifying it. ... It wasn't until the late 19th century that the word gained wider popularity when it was used by a group of Russian revolutionaries. ... Until the French Revolution (1789-1799), religion provided the main justification for the use of terrorism. ...

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Reparations affected many different countries in Europe mainly Germany, France, Britain and Russia. ... At the Genoa conference Germany was put in between the allies and Russia, not wanting to make an agreement with one or the other with the risk of offending either Russia or the allies. With Russia there was a greater risk as they might demand reparations too. ... Another result of the Genoa conference was that Germany and Russia decided to meet alone in Rapallo. ... The treaty resulted in Russia claming reparations from Germany and Germany claming compensation from Russia from the time of th...

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Take for example that while the original allied forces contained Tsarist Russia, Britain & France , the allies would later be split with the loss of Tsarist Russia to the Bolsheviks and the inclusion of the USA on the front. ... In comparison to the Communists in Russia, the Blackshirts resembled the Soviets used as the arm behind the meaning. ...

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Austria-Hungary signed war pact with Germany while Serbia with Russia (U.S.S.R) France and Britain (The Alliance). ... Lands that Germany had taken from Russia had to be returned and Western Germany was demilitarized. ... 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. ...

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These men claimed to want only stability; furthermore, they claimed to view revolution with horror, yet they were themselves in a sense, the most ruthless revolutionaries the world had ever seen. ... Most cities in Russia were destroyed by the Russian themselves as to avoid leaving any goods for Napoleon. Russians intended to leave nothing for the enemy, so they raid through the country destroying all the villages and all source of resources; to illustrate, Kovno, Vilna, Vitebsk, Smolensk, Viasna, Gzatsk, Borodino and Moscow were among the cities brought down to ruins. ... While fighting with ...

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Hitler was more than upset that the French, American, British, Russian, and Italian forces have beaten the might of German industrialization. ... In 1918 and 1919 numerous new parties were beginning to form as a result of the revolution of 1918 in Germany and the economic collapse of the German states. Hitler vowed to fight for everything against what the revolution of 1918 stood for, yet like Napoleon of the French Revolution, Hitler is a product of the 1918 revolution, and a very dangerous one at that. ...

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Fascism in Europe started to progress within several nations at almost same time - right after the World War I; countries that were involved the most occurred series of brilliantly victorious revolutions. But it's only in Russia, that proletariat was able to take all power in its hands and not only create but also maintain a worker's state. ...

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Rumors of revolution and a government take over by the communist shattered Hitler. " I lay there broken with great pains, although I did not let on how I felt; for it was repugnant of me to cry out at a time when you could feel that a collapse was coming." A short while later on November 9, an elderly pastor announced the news of an all out revolution broken out in Munich. " It became impossible for me to sit still one minute longer. ... Thus , he turned against the revolution in Germany and the Weimar Republic that he blamed for his misfortune. ...

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This trait that allowed him to use circumstances to help attain his goals was seen in 1920 with Italy, and would continue after he had formulated his program with such decisions to intervene in Spain and sign non-aggression pacts with hereditary enemies in Poland and Russia.(9) The Italian alliance by itself did not amount to very much, but it at least provided a basis for an outline of foreign policy. ... On July 27, 1920, in line with his racial dogma Hitler stated: "An alliance between Russia and Germany can only come into existence if the Jews are removed from power." ... Tho...

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However, it was not only Germany, for the rest of Europe, recognising the growing threat of Germany and its aggressive foreign policy also began to take steps towards militarising their countries, the British budget for armaments more than doubled in the years running up to the war despite their championing of appeasement, and, one of the main incentives for Russia in the Nazi-soviet pact was that it would afford her time to reorganise her military. ... Before the outbreak of WWI the economic state of the countries involved was not major issues, Europe was booming in the post industrial revolu...

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The question of can music be political has been greatly debated over the past century, however, the works that have been debated the most are those from nazi Germany and Soviet Russia for there links with the social "cleansing" at the time in both societies. ... Lenin wrote these lines in February 1921 following the end of the Russian revolution. ... This obtained a satisfactory effect for that particular audience, but was never completely successful as the music was composed against a set of conditions, and few works provoked any interest beyond the boundaries of Russia, unlike before the ...

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World war one caused destruction to human life and property on such a scale that never had been witnessed before. The destruction didn't end there however as the pre-war political system also was destroyed. Thus the post war Europe saw differing political beliefs fighting for control. While the vict...

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Unemployment was extremely high, and groups were starting revolutions. ... In the Auschwitz concentration camp in the summer of 1941, 250 hospital patients and 600 Russian prisoners of war were forced into a sealed room and killed with a poison gas called Zyklon B. ...

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In December 1918, he volunteered for guard duty in a prisoner-of-war camp containing Russian and French soldiers. ... When Goring, with twenty-five brownshirts, burst into the hall Hitler leaped on to a chair and fired a shot at the ceiling, then jumped down and began to push his way on to the platform.The National Revolution? ...

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