The basic German understanding of the treaty was that if they knew before the cease-fire was called how harsh it was they would have held out and fought until the bitter end.(3) Originally ten leaders and diplomats from France, Britain, United States, Italy and even Japan met togethor. Shortly after though Japan left and only the "Big Four- remained, which was Clemenceau, Wilson, Lloyd George plus Vittorio Emmanuele Orlando of Italy. ... The colonies were split up between the Allies; Britain, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand and Japan all got a piece of the action. ...

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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. This would all change after the crimes of the Nazis being brought to light during/after WWII. There was a paradigm shift in the international community in regards to justice being brought upon those who commit these crimes and the common thought or feeling that this coul...

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In 1929 the American Stock Market crashed, a powerful symbol of the growing depression. Germany was particularly badly affected, since Germany's economy was partly dependent on Americas prosperity and a large number of loans made by America to Germany were called back and the German economy crashed (Shirer 168-169). ... Hitler would begin to read his fathers history books about Native Americans and how they were slaughtered along with reading about battles between the Germans and Russians. ... Italy and Japan joined the Axis and Germany then went and defeated Poland and five days later pl...

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The Growth and Implementation of Hitler's Continental Expansionist Foreign Policy Program One of the most interesting historiographical debates about the Second World War concerns the nature of Hitler's foreign policy. Everyone knows that the Second World War was horrible, even worse than the First, but it has yet to be unequivocally decided what exactly was Hitler's role in bringing about such a catastrophe. The most important issue relates to the question of whether or not Hitler had evolved a clear and coherent foreign policy by the time he assumed office and ...

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