This was therefore a missed opportunity to rebuild Europe after World War 1 and create economic stability. ... Therefore the Paris peace Treaties both created and failed to solve a variety of economic issues in Europe during the 1920s; important examples of this were the Reparations and the War debts, which had effect of creating an economical unstable Europe and poverty who´s final result was the outbreak of the Second World War. ... Therefore the Treaties caused political instability in Europe after World War 1 especially as they humiliated and isolated the central powers, especial Germany,...

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Introduction The field of transitional justice was practically nonexistent prior to the end of the Second World War. Mass atrocities had taken place on the world stage with almost no consequences being brought upon the perpetrators, and more importantly the orchestrators or those "most responsible" for these crimes. ... The Rise of the Third Reich With the end of the First World War Germany was left in shambles both physically and economically. ... Hitler capitalized on this and using his eloquent speech promised exactly this to the German people. ... This would lead to the invo...

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During the course of World War II there were a number of turning points that impacted the outcome of the World War II. One of the most important and influential turning points that effected the outcome of the war was the Battle of Stalingrad 23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943. ... For these reasons the Battle of Stalingrad was a turning point in World War II and had dramatically changed the outcome of World War II in Europe. ... During this event the soviet union was under the reign of Joseph Stalin, The German army wasn't gonna be spared any mercy (Stalin wasn't known as to loo...

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Prior to World War II, both Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler rose to power in their respective countries and brought about great change during their ensuing reigns. ... Although, Germany eventually lost World War II, Hitler did much more with much less in Germany when compared to Stalin. ... After World War I, Germany was the country that was most heavily affected by the global economic collapse that followed the war. ... By 1933, Hitler had turned Germany into a war machine and the phrase, "Today Germany, tomorrow the whole world "3. ... He rose to power in a Germany that had a floundering ec...

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Introduction: The Weimar Republic was created after World War I with Germany in a state of near-anarchy. ... Germany was the losing state at the end of the First World War, and although the Weimar Republic was born around 1919, the government carried substantial negative baggage from the previous era. ... But reparations only cost Germany 2% of her national out put per year. This suggests that the annual payments were not too harsh and the reason why Germany became so poor was because of the vast sums of money spent on the war and the world recessions. ... This meant that many people coul...

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In the world we live in, vast impersonal forces are making for the centralization of power and a regimented society" (Huxley, Education for Freedom, para. 2). ... Unfortunately, many sources like these go unquestioned by the general public, which leads to a misinformed world. ... A few years later these people who took daily baths and went to church in top hats were committing atrocities on a scale undreamed of" (para. 2). ... In Huxley's essay he said, "it would be foolish to suppose that this sort of thing cannot happen again" (para. 2) analogous to Obama taking out ...

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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 described as the war to end all wars reinforcing the view that it was a cataclysmic event which should never be re-enacted upon society. ... World Wa...

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Most importantly, Rosa Luxemburg and fellow Spartacist Communist leader Karl Liebknecht were murdered, stripping the communists of their leaders. ... They felt it was too harsh, that it was a forceful 'dictated' peace, and most importantly, they felt they had not lost the war, and so did not deserve such severe punishment. ... Ludendorff was arrested, and then Hitler two (2) days later. ... The treaty required Germany to pay the Allies reparations for the damage incurred during World War I. ... The blame was not laid on the Kaiser's war government which had started the inflat...

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