Hitler's dominance and authoritarian nature was a much-needed change for the people of Germany, following the indecisive and so often unsuccessful muddlings of the Weimar government and its predecessors. ... On the 28th June 1919 two government members of Germany went to the Palace of Versailles, near Paris, to sign a document which was to become known to the German people as the "Shameful Dikat of Versailles". ... The Weimar government, established in 1919, was in difficulty from the onset. ... On the 28th June 1919 two government members of Germany went to the Palace of Versailles, n...

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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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The treaty was neither severe enough to keep Germany from once again being a significant power, nor was it lenient enough for the German people to meet its terms and move on. ... Clemenceau totally blamed Germany for the war, he wanted revenge and the only thing that would do it for him was a totally crippled Germany. ... Denmark got the Northern Schlewig, and Germany got the south. ... In 1918 the German Government had only $577,089,500 dollars, and they were ordered to pay out $5,000,000,000 over the next two years. ... These demand crushed the German economy, and many experts predicted ...

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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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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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Erich Maria Remarque, a German soldier vividly portrays the carnage of World War II: "We have become wild beasts . ... Thus total war led to the establishment of history's first totalitarian society, with Germany leading the way in this enterprise.17 Many steps had to be taken in order to accomplish this goal. ... Government planning boards were created in order to prioritize and decide what was to be produced and consumed.18 In his annual message to the Congress in 1942, president Franklin D. ... Germany sped up production of submarines in an effort to control the bottom of the sea. ...

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Germany was not invited. The Weimar Republic was the political system that replaced the old imperial German Government after world War One. ... Already in the June of 1922 the German government had asked the allies to grant a delay on the reparation payments, but the allies bluntly refused. ... The workers of the Ruhr, (which was the industrial heart of Germany) declared a general strike and received financial support from the government in Berlin, which called for a campaign of passive resistance. ... German currency had become! ...

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Meanwhile, in Germany the support of the people for the ruling regime crumbled. ... At whatever time the Germans had a victory it would lead to any democratic ideals to be snuffed out. ... The governments within Italy were not only giving the appearance of being weak but they were actually weak within themselves. ... This led to an overall indecisiveness of the government and a quickly vulnerable ideology that was extremely unpopular with the common citizen. ... When a man cannot earn a living simply because there is nothing he can do no matter how willing he quickly turns on the governme...

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Governments were often seen as corrupt, indecisive, and defeatist. ... They attacked socialists, often physically, and succeeded in taking over some local governments. ... Without firing a shot the Black Shirts had gained control of the Italian government. ... He then moved to close down parliamentary government and other parties entirely. ... Mussolini's government also controlled the police, muzzled the press, and censored academic activity. ...

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History Coursework - World War One 1) Sources A, B and C are war recruitment posters published by various governments with the aim of influencing more people to volunteer for armed service in the war. ... Source C, however, is a much later source, as can be determined from the approach it uses to "persuade" people to enlist, preventing the "mad brute (of) militarism", in this case, a raving gorilla, that represents Germany, from reaching out from Europe (bottom-centre, right) which has been decimated, to the shores of "America" (bottom, centre). ... The earlier sources provoke Victor...

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In 1914 when the Great War started the British government wanted men to fight Germany; at the same time it wanted neutral countries to stay friendly to Britain. ... In 1916 the government introduced conscription, this is when every fit and able man had to go to war if he was called up. ... To instil this fear and hate of the Germans in the British public various campaigns were used. ... The Germans were usually described as ape like "sub human" to be able to do such a thing. ... Firstly it was felt that the government needed to promote an attitude of cheerful British courage. ...

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He sought ways to build patriotism and to reshape the federal government to govern the nation more effectively. ... It also showed that America was powerful enough to compete without protection from the government. ... Britain had a blockade against Germany, seizing any cargoes bound for Germany. ... The Germans continued to sink ships with Americans on board. ... In April 1917 Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany. ...

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They wanted to grant the federal government increased powers. ... The North also wanted internal improvements sponsored by the federal government. ... With no food, supplies, or tools of communication, Whittlesey managed to fend off the Germans for 5 days until he was rescued (The Lost). On the other hand the film All is Quiet on the Western Front stars Lew Ayres as the young Paul Bauman, who, along with a group of his teenaged classmates, are conscripted into the German army during WWI. ...

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Initially, the guilt was placed upon Germany and its allies. ... Germany was thus allied with Austria-Hungary. ... Governments thus did not embark on war in order to satisfy private or budgetary financial interests. ... In the end, according to Joll, "governments were able to fight the war because their subjects accepted the necessity for it." ... Mommsen concludes his article implying that German aims can be found from a detailed political, social and constitutional study of pre-war Germany. ...

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Democracy is the way in which our government runs. It is the right of the people of the nation to determine their own government. ... Germany was inflicting attacks on trading ships. The German U-boat disregarded rules of naval warfare. ... The government had to raise money for the war. ...

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On April 2,1917, he asked Congress for a declaration of war on Germany. ... After the Germans signed the Armistice in November 1918, Wilson went to Paris to try to build an enduring peace. ... It forced on Germany the burden of reperations and placed limits on German armed forces. ... After all, the Germans were taking a greater toll on the merchant ships in the Atlantic. ... At this battle, the British were on the offensive against the Germans. ...

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Germany had been divided into East and West. The Americans, the British and the French controlled West Germany and the Russians controlled East Germany. ... West Germany prospered while the Eastern Germans were left behind. West Germany historically Europe's industrial hub had to be rebuilt as a buffer against Soviet expansion; European fears of their World War II foe would lessen only if the Germans were integrated into a larger Europe. ... The Soviet response came only in 1955, when the significantly placed West Germany joined NATO. ...

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Germany needed rearmament and domestic consolidation, coupled with the gaining of alliances with Britain and Italy. ... All allowing for the conquest of Lebensraum or living space in the east for the cramped German folk at the expense of Judeo-Bolshevism. ... He did not intend this to be peaceful, but was violent from the inception. (8) In one of his very earliest speeches Hitler let it be known that "the misery of Germany must be broken by Germany's steel." ... He was willing to do almost anything to gain allies, which at that time meant Italy, even renouncing German claims t...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generation Roosevelt. As a child and thro...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generati...

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Political parties would not be needed, regulated government would not exist, and historical/political occurrences such as the creation and destruction of the Berlin Wall or the Holocaust could not have taken place. ... Socialism seeks to benefit the Working Class on an economic level by instilling a regulated government that denounces unfair capitalistic gains. ... Meanwhile, anarchism seeks to enlighten the individual so that they may truly achieve freedom without government restriction. ... One of Germany's leading theorist of the Social-Democratic Party, Rose Luxemburg, argued that th...

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