Adolf's younger brother, Edmund, died in 1900. ... His desire to be a successful soldier ended when Germany surrendered. ... When an individual's desires and goals are not met, it can lead the individual to an unhealthy desire for "superiority striving" (Feist, 2008). ...
Mayer was told " National Socialism was a revulsion by my friends against parliamentary politics, parliamentary debate, parliamentary government-against all the higgling and haggling of the parties and the splinter parties, their coalitions, their confusions, and their conniving- (Remak 23) The selection reveals the desire of Germans to overthrow the government that had betrayed them so many times before and ultimately, in their minds, lost the war for Germany. ... Anti-Semites took this opportunity to accuse the Jews in Germany of "living it up" (notes) on the home front while good German bo...
Their desire for political reform and equality in the Empire directly threatened the Sultan's absolute rule. ... It is reported that about 75 percent of the Armenians on these marches, mostly women and children, died before they could arrive.17 Turkish police escorted the caravans comprised of thousands of deported Armenians. ... The police also encouraged bandits to raid the caravans and loot whatever they desired. ...
The impact of world war one cannot be underestimated and as a result fifteen million people died in a war that was so horrific - it was something no one had witnessed before. ... The increasing completion and desire for greater empires led to an increase in confrontation that helped push the world into World War one. Much of the origin of the war was based on the desire of the Slavic peoples in Bosnia and Herzegovina to be no longer part of Austria Hungary but instead be part of Serbia. ...
Like many European nations, Italy emerged from the First World War as a democracy in distress. Italy was on the winning side, but the war had cost nearly 700,000 Italian lives and over $15 billion. Moreover, Italy had received secret promises of specific territorial gains during the war, only to fin...
The task of explaining why appeasement, has been continuously addressed by historians over the years. To date, there is still no single cause identified. Nonetheless there is however a general consensus amongst historians that the frightful events of world war one, distilled a sense of fear and regret amongst British society, and consequently Britain strived to prevent any future war, through whatever means necessary. In the aftermath of World War 1, lay a mutual understanding between the British government and society that never again should a catastrophe such as World War 1 occur, it was...
