Bismack, the Prussian Statesman won the Franco Prussia war against France in 1870 and took from France a small industrial piece of land called Alsace-Lorraine. Also to guard against a revenge attack, made an alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy, therefore, Schlieffen knew that his enemy was France as Alsace-Lorraine was an important piece of land to the French. This therefore meant that his plan of attack would be aimed at France and Russia. ... Schlieffen realized that Germany could not attack France directly across the border due to the fortresses France had built along Alsace and Lorrain...

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The English planned to coordinate with French forces. ... The French were destroyed. ... Thus, minor changes and miscalculations resulted in one of the bloodiest conflicts in history. ... Also, Germany made the decision to attacked France. ... France planned on entering with Britain as an ally. ...

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The French Protestants were called Huguenots. ... The essay will now be discussing events and wars which shaped European history from the 1500's to 1650. ... Two major battles were fought between the French and the Spanish but France was defeated in both battles. ... The French King converted to a Catholic so that France would not be captured. ... The Conclusion for today is that there have been many wars in history motivated by religious, political and economic reasons. ...

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The Triple Entente including Britain, France, and Russia and Triple Alliance including Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy were formed. ... When France saw that Germany had more troops they decided to have even more than them. ... In the time period of 1870-1914, both the military of France and Germany doubled. ...

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Instead it was only harsh enough to make life incredibly hard for a few years, just long enough to fester hatred for the Allies, especially the French. ... France wanted to permanently punish Germany harshly enough that they could never make war again. ... After the defeat of the French by the Prussians in 1871 the Prussian diplomats met with French offcials in the "Hall of Mirrors- and hammered out an agreement. ... The leaders were David Lloyd George of Great Britain, Georges Clemenceau of France and Woodrow Wilson of the United States.(1) The purpose of forcing this treaty upon Germany...

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"By October 1918, on the eve of Allied victory, a U.S. army of over 1,750,000 soldiers had been deployed in France." (http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/history/ch9.htm#war) The United States in the early 1900's were far from in favour of getting involved in European Affairs. ... In the year 1916 Germans attacked the French passenger vessel, the Sussex. ... However not too many people were ok with this as France, Great Britain wanted germany to pay for her devastation she had caused. ...

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It will be proven that German unification was a turning point in European history due to the fact that Germany was reliant on their leader Bismarck. ... Bismarck knew that by uniting Germany, he would upset two great powers; Austria and France. ... To do this, Bismarck planned to make the French and German government quarrel. ... Should the French attack us however, we shall of course resist" (Whitfield, 2000, p173). ... All Germans stood along side Prussia and France was beaten after a great defeat in Sedan. ...

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Even though this topic is considered a part of history there is a growing number of Holocaust deniers. ... Once they were relocated they started a readjustment of history. ... Rassinier was a French concentration camp survivor and a former socialist anarchist. ... One other denier is a French professor Robert Faurisson. ... Other groups like generations who really don't know nothing about this era in world history. ...

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In the other group, England and France topped the group. ... England beat France 3-1, Czechoslovakia 2-0 and Kuwait 1-0. ... At the same time West Germany faced France in the other semi-final game. ... Italians have won their third title in the history. ... I am a big fan of soccer, but I did not know much about what happened in the history. ...

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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 Treaty stated that Germany was to be fully responsible for the war, they were to take on the blame; these following countries France, Belgium, Poland, Denmark and Czechoslovakia took their territories away. ... The countries that had powers then were Britain, France, America and Russia. ...

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Hitler has definitely caused an epidemic so grand that it has affected world history today and according to www.Biograpghy.com . ... He took the pain that he was dealing with and turned it into the greatest catastrophe in history. ... The Treaty of Versailles was put in place to put peace between the allied and associated powers and Germany The protocol annexed thereto the agreement respecting the military occupation of the territories of the Rhine and the treaty between France and Great Britain respecting assistance to France in the event of unprovoked aggression by Germany signed at Versai...

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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. ... And after the war in 1919, there was a major breakthrough - women over 30 were allowed vote for the first time in American history. 4. ...

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Then would come the subjugation of France in the west, to protect its rear. ... Hitler believed that the history of mankind was really only a struggle for space among peoples, and that the strong survived by gaining the necessary living space from which they could continue to grow numerically, and in terms of racial quality. ... In 1920 Hitler's greatest enemy was France, but Germany in its miserable position, was in no way able to tackle the strongest military power on the continent. ... And on August 1st of the same year "we must use everything we can, especially the differen...

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Hitler would begin to read his fathers history books about Native Americans and how they were slaughtered along with reading about battles between the Germans and Russians. ... Hitler then ordered the attack on Belgium, Holland and France. ... So the British and French forces moved north into Belgium to meet the German advance. ... The Germans eventually broke through the French defenses, and by May 21, had captured the French and British armies in Belgium. ... After the French surrender, Hitler attempted to end the war with Britain. ...

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Britain and France tried to appease him but it failed in 1939. ... The bombing on Pearl Harbor was one the biggest terrorist attacks in US history. ... . ... On the other side fighting was the Central Powers that included Great Britain, France, China, and the US. ... This is a great credible source because the website is all about military history. ...

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It began as a European conflict between Germany and an Anglo-French-Polish coalition but it got way out of hand and became a world war. In terms of lives lost and material destruction, World War II was the most devastating war in human history. ... I believe this war should never have happened and I hope history does not repeat itself....

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The First World War in history was due to three major causes: nationalism, militarism, and imperialism. ... The Triple Entente, later known as the Allies, consisted of France, Britain, and Russia. ... When Austria declared war on Serbia, Germany felt obliged by their alliance with Austria to declare war on Russia and next France, the ally of Russia. After the invasion of Belgium by the Germans, Britain declared war on Germany and supported Russia and France. ... The German and French soldiers had already fought for almost three years when the U.S. decided to join the fight and a lot of lives h...

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The Americans would take the Western flank closest to Cherbourg while the British operated to the east on the approaches of Caen-Alencon, France. The logisticians had loaded ships in the United States for direct discharge on to the beaches of France. ... Because the re-supply route would run all across France toward Germany, the invading force would have to have an adequate road network that would meet the demands of a rapidly moving force. ... A total of 39 Divisions were slated to participate in the invasion comprised of 20 American Divisions, 14 British Divisions, 3 Canadian Divisions...

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Some of the major causes of the Second World War were: • Anger over the Versailles Treaty • The failure of peace efforts after World War I • The rise of Fascism • The goals of Hitler ANGER OVER THE VERSAILLES TREATY The Treaty of Versailles was enacted into history in June 1919 with Germany forced to accept sole responsibility for causing World War I. The Treaty of Versailles was signed by Britain, France, America and Italy in 1919; Germany was only invited to listen to their fate being discussed. ... It had several problems from the start, namely America ...

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The most influential event in world history after the 1900's is the great depression because of the decline in international commerce and stock markets around the world, the rise of Hitler, and Franklin D. ... Large areas of Belgium and France had been devastated and two of Europe's most powerful countries, Germany and Austria-Hungary, were defeated and exhausted. ... The depression was the worst in the history of the United States and proved to be a terrible price to pay for the false sense of prosperity and national well -being of the roaring Twenties. ... America never ratified th...

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But France and England (along with non-European countries the United States and the Soviet Union) staggered out of the war as victors, willing to bring aid and support to the broken, struggling and battle-scarred nations. ... France and Russia thought in short terms and did not participate in the rebuilding of the German economy. Also the political differences between the "Bizone (the merged zones of the USA and Britain) and the Russian and French zone were significant. The Soviets brought the Communist Party in control and the French did not allow the formation of parties at all in their zo...

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Adolf Hitler, leader of the German National Socialist Workers" Party (Nazi) from 1933 - 1945, was responsible for more evil and suffering than any other man in modern history. ... In 1940, they invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. ...

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All throughout history, the Jewish people have been persecuted and looked down upon by the human world. Even in Biblical times, the world blamed the Jews for the death of Jesus Christ. Even now, if someone says that they are Jewish, you always seem to look at them a little different. What events hap...

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During January 1919, the Triple Entente nations, France, Great Britain, and Russia met with the Central Powers of Europe, Germany, Italy, and Austria Hungary to negotiate an end to World War 1. ... Therefore, if the President of America did not think of the Treaty of Versailles and just allowed the war to continue, history would have changed between the European countries....

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Taylor once said, "Nothing has been normal in German history except violent oscillations." ... The Treaty of Versailles was hammered out by the "Big Four," which were the leaders of the United States, France, Great Britain, and Italy (Mack 667). ... The zones were given to the United States, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, France, and the United Kingdom. ... The United States, French, and the British had control of the West. ... Then we look to the Western half of Germany, which was molded to follow the free and democratic ways of the United States, French, and Great Britain. ...

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