Everyone wanted to blame Germany for starting the war, but was Germany really the ignition that started the fire of war? ... On October 4th, 1918, the German government asked Wilson for a cease of fire. ... The German government easily accepted Wilson's peace program, but the French and British were timid. The French and British did not want Germany to have any power and desired to keep Germany on the side lines. ... This enraged the Germans even more. ...

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The assassin was believed to be to have ties with a terrorist group in Serbia, this led to the conclusion that the Serbian government was behind the murder . ... On November 9,1918, Kaiser Wilhelm 11 was forced to step down from the german government. ... The guiding idea behind these points was self -determination (allowing people to decide for themselves under what government they wished to live. ... The French wanted to punish Germany. ... The treaty punished Germany . ...

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The new government lacked support from the majority of the German people, many of whom identified it with defeat and with the "Versailles Diktat-, it was also the government of the former enemy and therefore not accepted on an equal basis. ... Germany had only ever experienced Imperialism and this government was considered to be radical It was the first government ever to give the people a choice. ... This democratic government which many parts of Germany society saw as too democratic, since so many of them were used to an autocracy, began to side with either the left or the right in Germ...

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Once a new government was established it was already set to fail. ... It did not help that the government was often in paralyzing standstills and could not get a whole lot done. ... (Bergan, 45) With hyperinflation decimating the German Mark it caused more stress on the populus and further feeded their hatred for their new government. ... With the help of the United States government, the German economy started to stabilize. ... As stated earlier, the judicial system was unchanged during the Weimar Republic's take over of the government. ...

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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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In order to help the economy the government tried to print more money to pay striking workers. ... Germans began to lose confidence in the Weimar Republic, as the government grew weaker. ... Fascism is a government system in which the government, specifically a single dictator, takes complete control of a country and it's population; the goal is having everyone submit to their country's ruling in order to rule the world. A fascist government does not tolerate any questioning of the government, if caught doing so would be punishable by law.8 On April 7, the first anti-Jewish law remo...

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There were many reasons governments and individuals viewed participation in WWI as necessary, and two of the most significant of these reasons include propaganda and peer pressure. ... The government was aiming to make the war seem like something of an escapade, and something positive to be a part of. The government was hiding the real truths of the war to the younger generation, and instead used propaganda to make the war seem like a very rewarding experience. ... The war guilt clause angered many Germans, and viewed the situation as Germany being forced to pay for all the damage of the war. ...

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In addition, Germany lost all of their territories, as well as every piece of German property on that territory. ... This horrible abuse of the German nation and people ended up with such widespread German hatred towards the Allied powers after a few decades that the Germans started World War II. ... The confidence of men in government has been shaken. It will never be restored until governments devise some way to end war. ... The absence of seclusion of Germany would probably have prevented World War II, as the German people would not feel a need to take revenge. ...

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Germany had surrendered and signed the Armistice agreement. ... Like the British, the French despised the Germans. ... Besides Alsace-Lorraine, Germany was forced to give up much of eastern Germany to Poland. ... Clause 231 of the Treaty of Versailles, also known as the "War Guilt Clause", was particularly humiliating to the Germans: The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war...

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Some state that Hitler could not have risen to power in any other than Germany, implying that he was nothing more than a product of German culture. ... And yet still others claim that it was the weak democratic government of the Weimar Republic or Germany's social and economic scene in the 1930's that made the people restless and ready for a dictator to come to power. ... Hitler was in part a product of German culture. ... A German hero would complete this mission (Landry). ... This violent hatred of the Jews was sung in German operas, written in German philosophy and later, embraced...

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The "happy time", many Germans called it. ... Skillfully the German generals forced the leaders of Germanys new Weimar republic to carry the brunt of defeat. ... He had to first seize the Bavarian government. ... Hitler promised a resurrection of the German economy and of German national pride. ... Hitler was the master of Germany....

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This was because the other countries felt that Germany was the cause of world war (I) and suggested that Germany needed to pay for all the reparations. ... The overall reaction from Germany was an outrage. ... Britain and Germany signed an agreement in 1935 known as the Appeasement policy. ... Chamberlain believed that this policy would benefit Germany and encourage peace. ... The Abyssinia crisis was an invasion piloted by Head of Italian government, Mussolini who wanted to take over Abyssinia and revenge tribesmen for a humiliating defeat in 1896. ...

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His dream was to build a "new Germany" under his own leadership, to overturn the treaty of Versailles and to establish Germany as a major European power. ... This would allow Germany to rearm and regain lost territory. 2.To gain territory (living space) for Germany in eastern Europe. ... The Russians and Germans had sealed the Polish fate. On 1 September 1939 Germany attacked Poland. ... A.J.P Taylor rejects this idea and claims that Hitler was "not an evil monster who moulded events to fit his master plan", but was a man of "improvisation", "opportunism", and "the spur-of-the-moment ...

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The German government needed to gain money to pay the allies so they raised taxes, but this took to a depressed economy. ... Moreover as the main debtors of U.S were very poor they firs needed Germany to pay reparations in order to continue paying to U.S. in 1924, U.S proposed the "Dawes Plan", this consisted In lending Germany 2.5 Billion dollars to the German private sector to invest in production, as a result Germany could rebuild some of its economy and therefore pay back to the allies the reparations. ... Moreover until Germany didn't prove to the international community th...

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