Germany had inflicted a decisive defeat on France in 1871 in the last of the wars which created the German Empire. ... France had recovered quickly from its defeat by Germany in 1871. ... Nevertheless, France had caused to fear Germany. ... The recovery of Alsace and Lorraine, which the French government regarded as essential, was not fully supported by Britain because of uncertainly about weather the inhabitants wished to be French or German. ... Successive British governments refused to risk votes by introducing national service, despite pressure from men like Kipling. ...

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A totalitarian government is a "modern autocratic government in which the state involves itself in all facets of society, including the daily life of its citizens" (Bartleby). ... In Germany, Hitler led members of the National Socialist group, also known as the Nazis. ... The chaos which followed WWI allowed totalitarian governments to be founded in Russia, Italy, and Germany. ... The governments also have a monopoly of all weapons of mass destruction and guns. ... There have been many totalitarian states throughout the course of history including Germany, Italy, Russia, and China. ...

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For instance, WWI was started by monarchist Germany arid Czarist Russia, who dragged in their freer allies. WWII was started by the alliance of Nazi Germany with Soviet Russia and their joint attack on Poland." ... When this is achieved quality of life can be improved and governments that oppress their people can be stopped in a united fashion. Sub B: Sovereign governments threaten rights. ... These potential consequences of governmental abuse require that specific limitations be placed upon government. ...

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Manpower The German Army in the east drowned in "vast reservoirs of Soviet blood." ... His repeated military blunders "assured Germany's loss of the war." ... Weather On October 2nd 1941 German troops marched on Moscow, with only 90,000 Russian soldiers defending the capital, the government was preparing to evacuate. ... Swamped mud tracks did not support German trucks designed for French roads. ... Their success is evidenced in the occupying German forces retaining collectivized farms under German occupation . ...

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In fact, no Russian citizen could leave the country without special government permission. ... Once in office, he took the title of Fuhrer and assumed absolute control of the government and absolute sovereignty over all Germans in Europe. ... His metaphor shows how the new German government took control of every aspect of German society, similar to Stalin's regime in Russia. It shows how all-German states were abolished, all opposing political parties ceased to exist, and how the government regulated the racial make up of the country. The government created the National Labor Front, which...

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Germany's attitudes were of hope, like Lenin's, but for different reasons. Germany believed that revolution was disaster to a country and by allowing Lenin and his compatriots to return they were helping to spreading Revolution. ... Although Lenin did not play a significant role in the February Revolution, his role in the second revolution, "a planned coup" where a provisional government was overthrown, was vital. ... The continuing failures of the Provisional Government saw the Bolshevik rise to power, eventually seizing the Winter Palace and taking power. ... They initiated ...

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Germany's attitudes were of hope, like Lenin's, but for different reasons. Germany believed that revolution was disaster to a country and by allowing Lenin and his compatriots to return they were helping to spreading Revolution. ... Although Lenin did not play a significant role in the February Revolution, his role in the second revolution, "a planned coup" where a provisional government was overthrown, was vital. ... The continuing failures of the Provisional Government saw the Bolshevik rise to power, eventually seizing the Winter Palace and taking power. ... They initiated ...

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Alexander Kerensky was the eventual Prime Minister of Russia and leader of the Provisional Government. ... The offensive despite a strong start and initial success against the weaker Austrian army, was eventually crushed by a German counter attack, leaving Russia with a loss of 200,000 men and 170,000 deserters. ... Secondly, Kerensky and the Kornilov affair greatly contributed to the revolutionary situation as Kerensky's reputation as leader became tarnished and the Provisional government began its descent. ... The Kornilov affair came about as Kerensky and Kornilov had different stra...

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The maneuvering of the Austrian government during the crisis compels me to place a large portion of the blame on Austria-Hungary for the outbreak of WW I. ... ssumed the posture of war on behalf of Serbia while the Serbian government sought diplomatic solutions to the tensions. ... Germany, and Kaiser Wilhelm II, on the other hand, seemingly suffered from a national inferiority complex. The Germans were frustrated with existing in the shadow of the British Empire for so long. ... France, hoping to bring balance to the combined powers of Germany, aligned with Russia, who backed Serbia. ...

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They had completed a coup against the ever-unpopular capitalist government. ... In mid April Lenin had arrived in Petrograd, Lenin had been exiled for most of his life, he was given a free passage to Russia by the Germans, the Germans did this because they thought that he was a spy and this would weaken Russia. When lenis had arrived he produced the April thesis, which listed 10 points that were all against the provisional government, Lenin had rejected the idea of the Provisional Government. These 10 points included the immediate end to the war, support for the provisional government would s...

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The government contained him only once; his last exile in 1913 lasted until 1917. ... Petersburg) upon hearing that the February Revolution had brought about the abdication of the Tsar and the installation of the Provincial Government. ... Stalin argued strongly for the continuation of the war and for cooperation with the Provisional Government. ... On November 7, 1917 (October 25 on the Soviet calendar), the Bolsheviks seized power in a relatively bloodless coup, overthrowing the Provisional Government of Alexander Kerensky. Although Stalin apparently had no role in the October Revolution ...

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In 1917, the Russian Revolution toppled the Tsarist government. From March until November of that year, Russia was ruled by a Provisional Government, which made plans for a democratically elected assembly. ... The new government, led by Lenin, made peace with the Germans and undertook a bloody, three-year civil war, in which Stalin commanded on several fronts. ... Central to his program was the collectivization of agriculture, in which the government would redistribute the land by taking over the estates of the "kulaks", the wealthiest peasants. ... After Germany fell, he used Red Army troops ...

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The meeting between Churchill and Stalin implies that both the leaders were concerned and looked forward to what could happen when Germany was defeated. At its height, the Nazi Germany conquered most the Europe, and when Germany would be defeated, this would leave larger part of the continental Europe without any meaningful administrations or governments. The conventional forms of governments in Europe had been discredited, particularly in the East of Europe where the resistances to the German conquests had been predominantly ineffective. ... For instance, the Soviet Union had been invaded f...

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Joseph finally got the chance to meet Lenin in 1905 at a conference in Finland Lenin noticed that Stalin was very dedicated and loyal to Lenin's cause so Lenin appointed Joseph to work for his cause by raising money for the Bolsheviks by any means necessary this involved robbing banks and government money. ... With the Germans in Moscow for the winter Stalin showing his ruthlessness sent his armies in for a counterattack, most of the red army was crushed but they managed to gain some ground. In January 1943 the German armies thought that if they conquered the city of Stalingrad the ...

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The tension in Crimea started when a group of armed Crimean men took over the buildings of the government and waved the flag of Russia. They protested the new government in Ukraine and showed support to Russia. ... The Russian government, despite oppositions, continued to send troops. ... The result of the referendum was highly favorable to the Russian government stating that the people had already spoken and they chose to be part of the Russian Federation (Malleson, 134). ... In order to fully understand the actions of the Russian government in invading some parts of Ukraine and in imposing u...

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Under the new Government Russia wants to withdraw from the World War I that they were involved in at that time. ... Once Germany had been defeated in 1945 the war time allies between the USA, UK and the USSR began to break up. ... Joseph Stalin once stated: "One cannot forget the following fact: the Germans carried out an invasion of the U.S.S.R. through Finland, Poland, Rumania, Bulgaria, and Hungary....One can ask, therefore, what can be surprising in the fact that the Soviet Union, in a desire to ensure its security for the future, tries to achieve that these countries should have governmen...

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The Syrian government received a surge of backlash following their attack on protestors, which could prompt an intervention by the United Nations. Almost five months ago, protestors took to the streets, inspired by the recent government overthrows in Tunisia and Egypt. With barely any progress for either the protestors or the government, demonstrators vowed to temporarily forego their demonstrations in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Syrian government quickly took advantage of the demonstrators' silence by ordering a military assault on the city of Hama, killing almost 1...

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The Syrian government received a surge of backlash following their attack on protestors, which could prompt an intervention by the United Nations. Almost five months ago, protestors took to the streets, inspired by the recent government overthrows in Tunisia and Egypt. With barely any progress for either the protestors or the government, demonstrators vowed to temporarily forego their demonstrations in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Syrian government quickly took advantage of the demonstrators' silence by ordering a military assault on the city of Hama, killing almost 1...

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Neither leader had suspected that Stalin intended that all Popular Front governments in Europe would be taken over by communists. ... Poland's western boundary will be moved to the Neisse River, a territory containing approximately nine million Germans. Churchill and Roosevelt had both agreed that they would work for the establishment of a new Polish government that represented the Polish people. ... He insisted on the communist dominated Polish Committee of National Liberation that had proclaimed itself the "provisional government of National Unity. ... Despite admiration for the Rus...

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Many Americans and Germans came to the USSR as technical consultants because they could not find jobs in the depression era. ... The removal of class structures provided opportunities for a new social structure reinforced by the reimposition of more traditional and conservative values by the government. ... In return for Soviet neutrality, Germany promised the return of Polish lands as well as access to German industrial and military equipment. ... On 22 June German forces invaded the Soviet Union. ... The Nazi Germany attack on the USSR provided an enormous test for the Soviet Union. ...

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The provisional government attempted to continue the war effort. ... By advocating a revolution of behalf of the workers he took charge of peasantry land issues, promised an end to the food shortages, and resolved to end the military conflict between Russia and Germany. ... With this new political and military confidence, Trotsky began attacks on key government buildings, such as the Winter Palace, and provisional government officials. ... First, in order to preserve peace with Germany, Lenin signed away all of Russia's western territories in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in 1918. ... The...

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Through coercive tactics this new government seized power and in 1917 Lenin came to power. ... Lenin's government made many achievements. It ended a long civil war against the remnants of the old Czarist military system and established institutions in government. ... The economic status of the Soviet Union was yet again changed and the entire system became controlled by the government. ... He was also blamed for the Russia "defeat" during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and of not accomplishing anything toward the reunification of Germany under East German rule. ...

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His mother was a refined woman of Volga German ancestry and the daughter of a prominent physician. ... As a result, police, courts, and laws will become unnecessary and government will disappear. ... In its place was a provisional government of Constitutional and Social Democrats. ... With cooperation from the German government who was convinced that Lenin would withdraw Russia from the war, Lenin made his way back to Russia. These events set the stage for bringing about the overthrow of the liberal provisional government led by Alexander Kerensky as Leninism moved from theory to governm...

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So when he became tsar, Nicholas had no knowledge of the world of men, politics or government. ... Rasputin was wounded and Alix being a German princess did not stop him as she did not want to seem to be betraying Russia and siding with Germany. ... Also, she also convinced Nicholas not to accept reforms for a constitution which angered the people in a letter previously on 17 June 1915 where she wrote, "Never forget that you are and must remain an autocratic emperor - we are not ready for constitutional government." The fact that Alexandra and Rasputin were interfering so much in government...

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If alcohol was to be banned there would be thousands, who would find themselves out of work, in brewers, pubs, clubs, advertising and sporting fields, not to mention the loss to the national economy the government gross through tax. ... Thousands of breweries and distilleries across the planet would cease production, contributing to catastrophic job losses and a huge gap in the wealth of nations like Scotland, Ireland, Russia and Germany to name but a few. Events across the world such as the Munich Beer Festival are there not only as a source of enjoyment but an avenue for financial prosper ...

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