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. ... When the French occupied the Rhur the workers engaged in a campaign of passive resistance. ...

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This is exactly what Hitler and his party needed, and he felt it was his time to "lead a revolution." ... All seemed well until the police fired on him, and his "revolution" was stopped. ... Hitler thought he"d test the other nations a bit, mainly Great Britain and France. ... He figured GB and France wouldn't do anything if he invaded Poland, but he was wrong. He saw GB and France start negotiations with the Soviet Union, and signed a non-aggression pact and a secret plan to divide up Poland amongst the two. ...

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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. ... 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 friends from the time of the Revolution, but this has no doubt put a strain on those relations. I would expect that in the aftermath of such a great victory France has seen the error in her ways and is prepared to make every ...

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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. 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 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. ...

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Hitler shot his pistol in the middle of Kahr's speech and shouted, "The national revolution has begun." The "revolution" began when Hitler lied to the people saying the Bavarian Trumimvirate, Kahr, Lossow, and Seisser had joined forces with him. ... Hitler then ordered the attack on Belgium, Holland and France. ... 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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The conditions in Germany at this time existed to enable such a revolution to take place. ... The French had come to collect their reparations, even amid widespread German poverty and squalor. ... They wanted to start a nationalist revolution in Bavaria, and let it spread all over Germany. ... Hitler and the Nazis eventually robbed a bank, started a revolution and incited murder, but Hitler only ever served nine months in prison. ... However, the revolution had already begun for the Nazis. ...

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Between January 30, 1933, and June 30, 1934, Hitler had carried out a radical revolution that placed the police and the power of the state under his control. ... In 1940, they invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. ...

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Many of these stick in my mind, such as the Rationalist's (John Locke, Voltaire, Montesqiue, and Rousseau) in France, or the Revolutionary War led by the Continental Army and George Washington, or General Napolean Bonaparte and his rise to power and dramatic downfall in Russia, or the two great World Wars, or Hitler and his racial hierarchy which was centered around the Aryan race, Anti-Semitism, and the extermination of the Jewish race and culture. ... Hitler's Anti-Semitic ideas of having the pure Aryans (Germans) ruling over the non-pure Aryans (British, Dutch, and Scandinavia...

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In January 1923, French and Belgian troops marched into Germany to settle a dispute. ... Hitler held a rally at a Munich beer hall and proclaimed a revolution. ... Invading Poland pushed France and England to declare war on Germany. ... In 1944 the Allies invaded Europe at Normandy Beach on the French coast; German cities were destroyed by bombs. ...

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Second, France and Belgium had sent troops to occupy the Rhur valley of Germany. ... On November 8, 1923, at a rally in a Munich beer hall, Hitler proclaimed a Nazi revolution. ... As a result the revolution failed. ...

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The Swiss couple in The Boat is Full who aided them were a sample of the general population, and went through several revolutions of mind before the end of the film. ... If this sample demographic is accurate, we must assume that the French community existed in passive acceptance of the German regime. ... It seems that most French people at the time were more afraid for themselves and the fate of the Jews. ... While it was a necessity for survival in detention, the French attitude of Laize" Faire was chosen, not mandated. ...

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The Swiss couple in The Boat is Full who aided them were a sample of the general population, and went through several revolutions of mind before the end of the film. ... If this sample demographic is accurate, we must assume that the French community existed in passive acceptance of the German regime. ... It seems that most French people at the time were more afraid for themselves and the fate of the Jews. ... While it was a necessity for survival in detention, the French attitude of Laize" Faire was chosen, not mandated. ...

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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. ... When the French occupied the Ruhr in...

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If we protest against them with every means in our power, then we find ourselves on the path of revolution." ... The French wanted reparations for damage in World War 1 and wanted Germany also to be stripped of wealth. The French also didn't want to pay tax and believed it should come out of the Germans pocket. On 11 January the French forced their way into the Rurh to get the reparations. Germans who lived in this area were subjected to personal searches and interrogation by occupying French police. ...

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Then would come the subjugation of France in the west, to protect its rear. ... 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 differences between France and Italy, in order to win Italy over to our side." ... First, Hitler still considered France Germany's primary opponent, realizing that its position on the continent meant immediate danger. ...

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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. ... America never ratified the treaty but Britain and France still enforced it. ... When Germany refused to pay all that was demanded, France and Belgium occupied the coalmines in the Ruhr industrial area. ... Hitler felt it was the right time to start a revolution. ...

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Britain and France owed large sums to the USA this made them seek reparations from Germany crippling her further. ... THE THREAT OF COMMUNISM There was an anti communist hysteria in post war Europe following the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. ...

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In December 1918, he volunteered for guard duty in a prisoner-of-war camp containing Russian and French soldiers. ... At the end of 1922, the Germans asked France for a break of the payments they were required to pay according to the Treaty of Versailles. The French Government refused the proposal and occupied the Ruhr Valley and the Saar coalfields. ... The French believed their action would make the Germans restart payments. ... 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 wa...

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One day, whilst rummaging through his father's book collection, Hitler discovered a picture book on the War of 1870-1871 between the Germans and the French. ... "Hitler jumped onto a table, fired two shots in the air and told the audience that the Munich Putschwas taking place and the National Revolution had began." ...

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