The impact of total war on the home fronts of both Germany and Britain required each of the governments to implement controls that would enable an effective conduct of war while maintaining social and economic order. The ineffectiveness of the controls regarding economic life that were implemented by the German government resulted in the influence of total war being much more detrimental to the war effort than was the case in Britain. ... The German government also was able to effeciently organise the mobilisation of women to replace lost labour in the workforce. ... These factors led the Ge...

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The government at the time predicted and constituted a solution to the problem and it was to simply increase the quantity of production in money printing making. ... Later on, after discovering that it really wasn't a good idea at all, the German government and her people relied on Gustav Stresemann who had a solution for the problem. ... This shows that the defeated countries were indeed in this position of Germany, the "leaders" and they gained power over Germany as she had to do what they said. ... The Treaty of Versailles destroyed the German economy in the 1920s and many Ge...

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Germany should be mainly held accountable for the outbreak of World War 1 in 1914. ... Thus Germany cannot be fully held accountable for the World War 1. ... Things did not go as planned and Germany failed to defeat France. ... This caused Germany to withdraw their forces. ... Russian government felt that Germany should've played a neutral roll and believed that Austria was capable of doing this because Germany was the main source of their support. ...

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Germany had after the Treaty of Versailles (Political Deal making), the great depression of 1929 (Germany at the time), and the fear of Communist rule in Germany, which increased the Nazi followers (Nazi Popularity). All these conditions aided Hitler to rise into power in Germany, however, the relative importance of these conditions, lay on Germany's deal making post WWI, then Germany's situation at the time, followed by the Nazi party popularity. ... The Treaty of Versailles blamed Germany for the beginning of the Great War, as well as made Germany responsible for all the costs o...

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Article 231 had a profound effect on German psychology because Germans felt they were at no more fault than any other party involved. ... 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 Ger...

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First, destruction of German factories was flawed. ... First, bombing of German factories was flawed from the very beginning. ... Morale damage was the second objective of strategic bombing in the hopes that civilians were going to get so fed up with getting killed, that they would revolt against their government and eventually end the war. ... Approximately 600,000 German civilians were killed during bombing attacks. ... The hopes were that the civilians would get sick of being bombed and revolt up against the government and make them stop fighting in the war. ...

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The German people throughout 1923-1934 had experienced a complete disillusionment and loss of faith in their democratic Weimar Government, which ultimately lead to them believing in a system that was promising to restore Germany to the strong and proud country that it was before the devastating effects of World War 1 – the system of Adolf Hitler and the NSDA Party. ... However, while taking these arguments into consideration it is fundamental to recognise the additional contributing factors including the disaster of the Weimar Government, Hitler's ultimate ideology, and the years of...

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As such, I will be providing a brief historical background of the nation, as well as its government, criminal justice system, and its current role in the world today. ... However Germany was not truly Germany until its unification under Otto Von Bismarck during the 1870s. ... In the aftermath of WWII Germany was split between a democratic and communist form of government. ... Operating under the government framework, known as Grundgetsetz or Basic Law, instilled by the allied nations after World War II in 1949, and completely breaking free of its eastern Soviet form of government. ... Legisla...

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Although the majority of his followers shared his dislike of the Weimar Republic's liberal democracy and anti-Semitic agenda, his party support, due to it's small size, was limited to the Bavarian region of German, this would prove to be a limiting factor when Hitler attempted to seize control of the provincial Bavarian government during his Beer Hall Putsch in November 1923. ... The Nazi Leader's prominence grew even further amongst the middle class, big businesses and the Army until Hitler finally secured a shared government between the Nazis and the Nationalists" and on Janua...

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However, only in Italy and Germany did fascist movements turn into parties and become major political forces that by their own efforts achieved governmental power. ... Democracy was either not deeply rooted or a system of government of short duration, and nationalist sentiment often ran high. ... This ultra nationalism was also evident in Nazi Germany with its policy of uniting all Germans in a Gross Deutschland and acquiring Lebensraum in Eastern Europe. ... This newly created system of government (corporate state in Italy), was one of strong rule and one all-powerful leader, a Superman&#...

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Britain wanted Germany to recover. ... The main issues discussed were the frontiers of a postwar Poland and its future government. ... As the Russians pushed the Germans out of Poland they backed the establishment of a communist government in Lublin, even though there was a Polish government-in-exile in London. ... This new government should then be called the Polish Provisional Government of National Unity- (15). ... It was agreed that countries occupied by Germany, including her allies, were to be free to elect their own governments. ...

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Therefore the British government sought to follow a policy of appeasement. ... Looking on with hindsight many historians have condemned the actions of Chamberlain and his government. ... This was highlighted in the event of 7th March 1936 when Germany Remilitarised the Rhineland. ... It was essentially a divided nation fascism v democracy The Spanish civil war was initially the result of an army revolt, which broke out against the Spanish left-wing republican government. ... The French leader Leon Blum was sympathetic towards the republican government, but was fearful of a right wing ba...

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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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After Germany's defeat in WWI, Hitler's government envisioned a vast, new empire of 'living space' (Lebensraum) in Eastern Europe. Firstly, the Jews of Germany were subjected to a series of discriminatory laws, including the Nuremberg Laws introduced in 1935, in which the Nazi revoke Reich citizenship for Jews and prohibit Jews from marrying or having sexual relations with persons of German. ... After Germany's defeat in WWI, Hitler's government envisioned a vast, new empire of 'living space' (Lebensraum) in Eastern Europe. Firstly, the Jews of Germany w...

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In the 1900's, the two strongest countries - Germany and Britain - decided to create a Naval Race. ... When Germany and Britain finally stopped building their battleships, they had nothing to do but wait. ... The Empiring Government would have the responsibility to provide security to the smaller, weaker countries it had control over. ... As more military defense rose in several different powerful countries, governments had the idea of forming alliances. ... Unknowingly to both Austria-Hungary and Germany, Italy had signed a secret treaty with France in 1902. ...

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In essence, Italy was a historical follower; the government jumped onto the Allied bandwagon when it was clear they would win World War I and later switched sides in order to join the Axis Powers when World War II began. ... It was by the fall of 1937 that Mussolini had visited Germany, and in spite of several nagging doubts, had nearly made of his mind to address the issue of formalizing the pact between Germany and Italy. ... Anonymous articles during this time continued to proclaim that the Fascist government were not pacifistic, as were the democracies. ... In May of the same year, Hitler...

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Nietzsche's idea of the "ubermensch" gave rise to a number of notions concerning the superiority of certain races over others and strengthened the argument for eugenics, where society or the government should intervene to assure the procreation of the strong in order to produce the "superman." ... The fundamental motive behind this Pan-Slavism was to unite all the Serb peoples under one government. ... Germany was affected by the idea of Pan-Germanism in a slightly different manner than Serbia was by Pan-Slavism. Germany, under Otto von Bismarck, was not interested in gaining new territor...

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Germany was the first colonial power in the Burundi area. The Germans established indirect rule over the central African territory by permitting the Watutsi aristocracy to retain its dominance over the feudal structure. ... Watutsis relished Germany colonialism and saw themselves as equals to the Germans; they revered the Germans for abetting their rule over the Bahutus while being unconscious of the subjugated people's plight. ... Belgium copied the German practice of working through the Watutsi minority in governing the region. ... The Belgian government agreed with Ambassador Melady...

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PEOPLE: FDR - President during WWII Truman - President who decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan Churchill - British Prime Minister Eisenhower - Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied troops in D-Day MacArthur - General who returns to Philippians - Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific Rommel - General in charge of Afrika Korps Hitler - poorly educated Austrian; joined German workers party, became leader, changed name to Nazi; became Dictator of Germany Mussolini - in Fascist Party; declared himself Dictator of Italy Tojo - Dictator of Japan Stalin - Dictator of USSR F...

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To start with, it is vital to know that Enver Pasha and the German ambassador meet secretly on July 27 to talk about a Turko-German alliance and after a few days the secret Turko-German alliance is signed. ... There were some reasons for Germany to make such an alliance and get Turkey into the war and these reasons and the general strategy that was followed by Germans were illustrated in the text "The intentions of Germans in the Gallipoli War- by Assist. ... The text "The intentions of Germans in the Gallipoli War- by Assist. ... Heyningen talks about the reasons of French government to join ...

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In the beginning of the war the people thought of war as an adventure, a way to make money or a way of becoming a hero this is because world war one was the first war of its kind a modern war and so the government decided to use these things in their propaganda campaigns for e.g. the government would put up posters a happy family in which the children would ask their father "what was the war like father?" ... The government also used posters to recruit and mobilise making the troops hate the other side e.g. the government would paint horrible cartoons of Hitler doing barbaric acts or the Germ...

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Germany, honoring its pact with Austria, declared war on Russia and her ally, France. When Germany invaded Belgium in early August 1914, Great Britain honored her commitments to Belgium and France and declared war on Germany. ... He is no longer Paul - or even a German, for that matter - he is simply a soldier. ... Paul relates to the reader that even the German parents were quick to use the word "coward- if their children refused to join the infantry. ... Remarque also displays the feelings of confusion and contempt held by the soldiers, who feel as though they have been wronged not by th...

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One of the similarities one can observe between the causes of WWI and WWII is that of the role of Germany. Concerning WWI one of the greatest causes of the war can be seen as the effect of the growth of Germany had on Europe. ... For, with Hitler's rise to power there was a dramatic change in the foreign policy of Germany. ... However, it was his belief in the union of all of the German race in his dreamt of "greater Germany" and the subsequent concept of "lebensraum" that was what, in reality led to war, as he began slowly to invade his neighbours and expand his eastern border, again a g...

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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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