Germany's condition after the Second World War was harrowing. ... It was considered to be important, since both nations knew that with a wealthy Europe, there would be a considerable trading partner missing. ... This wall became the most symbolic statue for the Cold War. ... One important point is the presence of Americans in Berlin and its relevance. ... Greece was also in need for help after the Second World War. ...

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In Number of Stars by Lois Lowry, the book primarily focused on the strategic events of the Holocaust during World War 2 and the discrimination of the Jewish ethnic group done by Adolf Hitler. ... In Number the Stars by Lois Lowry, the novel concentrated on the strategic events of World War 2 by the development of the character Annemarie Johansen, the theme of warfare presented throughout the novel, and the symbolism used in the novel. ... Lois Lowry's book showed the devastated events of World War 2 by the Nazi Party and how they discriminated the Jewish ethnic community during that ti...

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These four points are the most important parts of the new insights that I have learned from reading Bergen's book about the war and genocide that happened during the history of the holocaust. ... It is an important factor to know that the Nazis did not have to take away all of those innocent lives or like they did it because they were forced to; they chose to do so. ... There are many things that have been taught to us about the Holocaust and what the outcome of the war was for WWII. It is important though that we understand the significance of why things like this happen though, and wh...

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Abstract In this paper I will attempt to show how Nazism came to power in the events before and during their time. ... (lecture) After the resulting war was the string of events to cause the rise of Nazism. ... All of Europe faced economic hardship after a costly war, the germans were not alone. In fact they came out of the war in better shape economically than the winners. ... Hitler joined the the German Workers party in 1919 the group later changed the name to the NSDAP, the Nazi party, (Bergan, 32) and though was not first looked at as anyone important he quickly raised in the ranks. ...

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The outbreak of world war two started on 3 September when Britain and France declared war on Germany. Hitler had clearly got his war, but was it the war that he had originally planned? ... Another important factor which can be seen as one of the causes of the war was Britain and France's policy of appeasement. ... Appeasement, some would argue, was the result of the unavoidable conjunction of events that found other countries preoccupied with economic recovery and imperial interests. ... The debate has developed into a contest between those historians who believe that Hitler had a fan...

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War was greeted by immense jubilation by both sides, as no great wars had been fought since Napoleon's era. ... August may have been the most important month in World War I. ... It was the first real month of the war. ... A one-front war would have been an easier war for Germany. ... In conclusion, this book shows that August was a very important month in World War I. ...

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The world, especially Germany, was ripe for dictatorship following the Great War. ... Germany, ravaged by war, was facing a crisis caused by rising unemployment, substantial inflation, famine, allied control, and outrageous war reparations. ... In 1919, Woodrow Wilson proclaimed his dream that World War I would be "the war to end all wars." ... Furthermore, he blamed the Allies and, more importantly, the Weimar Republic for their "enslavement of the German people" (Kiem, Internet). ... Events culminated on the night of November 9th when an all-out assault was waged on German Jews. ...

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The Spanish were economically powerful and most importantly they were hard-core Catholics. ... This land was at a constant state of "civil war" and it would be this place, which would draw the central European powers into a serious of bloody wars. ... The essay will now be discussing events and wars which shaped European history from the 1500's to 1650. ... Both sides geared up their military forces and prepared for all out war. ... The war slowly became into a transnational war. ...

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The most influential event in world history after the 1900's is the great depression because of the decline in international commerce and stock markets around the world, the rise of Hitler, and Franklin D. ... The war had left Europe in shambles. ... The Stock Market became a very important aspect of the economy in the 1920's. ... This feeling of revenge felt by Germany, in addition with the social atmosphere of Europe, led to a second World War in the September of 1939, just 11 years after the First World War. ... After its defeat in World War I, Germany was forced to give up land, ...

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On June 28th 1919 the German Government signed the Treaty of Versailles, admitting Germany's defeat in World War One. ... Most Germans were very annoyed about the Treaty of Versailles, the war guilt clause and the huge sums of reparations that had to be paid. ... The inflation was quite an important factor, as it proved that Germany was in a bad state and needed a strong leader. ... Many events took place at around that time, such as the political scheming between the leaders, which helped to allow Hitler become Chancellor. ... Other past events, such as the Nazis targeting certain group...

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Beir's introduction of himself provided insight on his feelings on growing up as a German Jew in the United States and how he believed someone who he later in the book calls a "hero" helped saved to Jewish people from war. ... The author writes about several key events during the war, such as FDR sending United States troops over to Europe, the President being in contact with the Nazi party and most importantly, him attending UN conferences to help understand what was going on and how the United States could step in and help. ... I felt that although Beir had an excellent compil...

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World War I had left the country in shambles and, as if that weren't enough, the people of Germany had been humiliated and stripped of their pride and dignity by the Allies. ... In order to understand why exactly Hitler was able to make Germany a fascist state, we must study the effects that the end of World War I had on the country. Germany was left devastated and vulnerable at the end of the war. ... Events were now changing; Germans could now focus their attention on an enemy they could actually attack (they didn't trust the government but aside from not participating, there wasn&...

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The aim is to control society through fear: "The most important mechanism of a terror is not the killing of people, but the threatening of them" (O"Kane 1991 37) Over the last hundred years terror has been used by states such as Germany and Russia to either to enforce governmental rule or to create a country free of imperfection. ... With Operation Barbarossa underway the war became a war of annihilation against the "Judaeo-Bolshevik" foe. ... By the end of the war between five and six million European Jews had been killed. ... A Terror more similar to that of Rus...

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Since the discovery and use of agriculture years ago, no other event has affected mankind more drastically. ... The most important thing, for these historians, is to discover why the changes occurred, and why they occurred in this particular period. ... Industrialization spread from Britain to other European countries, including Belgium and France but most importantly Germany. During this time Germany was a period of decline that would finally lead to the conclusion of the Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. ... This was known as the 7 years war AKA the french and indian war in America. ...

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Then, as the war ended on April 30, 1945, and a week after Hitler's suicide, Baeck was freed from the camp. ... Since the end of WWI, the German population was in no mood for war, but they still elected the most dangerous man to ever come under power. ... These examples have proven that events similar to the Holocaust have already taken place. ... If these events during WWII did not occur, I believe that people thereafter would have just elected a different leader that would have done the same thing. ... People have learned important things from Hitler's rule as Chancellor. ...

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Also certain the Crimean War, which caused the end of conservatism and alliances with European nations. ... But France declared war on Prussia to teach Germany a lesson. ... But there were some imperialistic events that changed other nations. ... Rhodes established rich gold mines and they conquered their rivals in the South African War. ... Religiously, Christianity was really important and nations wanted it to spread and European values and moral beliefs to spread, also to educate other people of European culture. ...

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The American economy and lobby was very much controlled by Big Industry, and most importantly, Big Oil. The thought of a team of peacenik hippies usurping power (and more importantly, profit) from these companies, was simply unacceptable. ... In the event that the Green Party gained power, an initial tax hike would be necessary, as infrastructure was changed to coincide with Green Party policies. ... Especially in Europe, which was undergoing mass industrial growth in the late Cold War, there was no voice for the ecologically aware: Enter the West German Green Party. ... Chancellor Gerhard S...

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Even by trying to correct the lack of skilled workers through mobilization measures, the labour reserve of the GDR was behind the demand of the East German national economy, and, most importantly, far behind the economy of the competing Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). ... However, it was not only Vietnam's lower level of development which lead to the cooperation between both states, but also the political system was much less distinct as Vietnam was just in the process of recovering from its recent war with the USA. ... Likewise these workers were seen as an important source of income ...

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The work was done in what is called a self - imposed blackout on publication in order to keep German scientists from using the work of U.S. scientists to speed up the development of their bomb, and get the advantage of the United States in the war. ... Within a few months, scientist in America, and Europe, and American ally, had made two important discoveries. ... They also showed that each fission event released 2 or 3 neutrons. ... Aioi bridge was set as the target for the bomb, and at 0815 hours, the bomb was dropped from the war plane, the Enola Gay. ...

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