The word terrorism was first used in France to describe a new system of government adopted during the French Revolution (1789-1799). The regime de la terreur (Reign of Terror) was intended to promote democracy and popular rule by ridding the revolution of its enemies and thereby purifying it. ... Until the French Revolution (1789-1799), religion provided the main justification for the use of terrorism. ...
(Remak 20) The French took advantage of the demilitarized zone in the Rhineland in January of 1923 and moved into the Ruhr industrial region of Germany. French officials blamed German tardiness of reparation payments as the cause of the invasion. The Invasion proved to be a diplomatic catastrophe for the French and provided a training ground for Germans that were too young to have fought in the war. ... Fuhrbach officially became a storm trooper of the Nazi party in 1926, and his story resembles those of other young men who resisted the French. ... Without these conditions which favore...
The Failure of the Weimar Republic The German Weimar Republic was born amidst the defeat of the imperial army, the revolution of 1918 against the Hohenzollerns, and the hopes of German Liberals and Social Democrats. ... The failure of the Weimar Republic can be blamed on Constitutional Flaws, Lack of Broad Popular Support, and the French Invasion of the Ruhr. ... No social revolution had accompanied the new political structure. ... The French invasion of the Ruhr in early 1923 and the German response of economic passive resistance produced cataclysmic inflation. ... Its constitution ha...
Hitler like many other Germans were bitter and disgusted by the mere thought or concept that their arch-rival for years and years, the French, have beaten the mighty German war machine under the command of the majestic Kaiser Wilhelm. Hitler was more than upset that the French, American, British, Russian, and Italian forces have beaten the might of German industrialization. ... In 1918 and 1919 numerous new parties were beginning to form as a result of the revolution of 1918 in Germany and the economic collapse of the German states. Hitler vowed to fight for everything against what the rev...
Reparations affected many different countries in Europe mainly Germany, France, Britain and Russia. ... France wanted the most money from Germany and wanted to destroy her. ... The treaty resulted in Russia claming reparations from Germany and Germany claming compensation from Russia from the time of the revolution. ... As a result of this France occupied the Rhur. ... When the French occupied the Rhur the workers engaged in a campaign of passive resistance. ...
This is exactly what Hitler and his party needed, and he felt it was his time to "lead a revolution." ... All seemed well until the police fired on him, and his "revolution" was stopped. ... Hitler thought he"d test the other nations a bit, mainly Great Britain and France. ... He figured GB and France wouldn't do anything if he invaded Poland, but he was wrong. He saw GB and France start negotiations with the Soviet Union, and signed a non-aggression pact and a secret plan to divide up Poland amongst the two. ...
France of all countries should know the true horror of an evil dictator after experiencing the wrath of Nazi occupation in the Second World War. ... As the United States and her allies continue to fight the War on Terrorism and fight for the freedom of people everywhere in the world, we will not soon forget the actions of France of the past year. We have historically been friends from the time of the Revolution, but this has no doubt put a strain on those relations. I would expect that in the aftermath of such a great victory France has seen the error in her ways and is prepared to make every ...
Austria-Hungary signed war pact with Germany while Serbia with Russia (U.S.S.R) France and Britain (The Alliance). ... The Treaty stated that Germany was to be fully responsible for the war, they were to take on the blame; these following countries France, Belgium, Poland, Denmark and Czechoslovakia took their territories away. ... The countries that had powers then were Britain, France, America and Russia. World War one was the beginning of a new revolution; it was also one of the reasons World War two occurred. ...
These fallen empires had to be divided up and America's President Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau of France, Vittorio Orlando of Italy, and David Lloyd George of Great Britain, were the main deciders of this deal. During 1918, Russia was knocked out of the war due to military defeats and the Bolshevik Revolution. ...
As Mussolini brought to Italy something their French counterparts always lacked, a leader, he also created a nations in which "it was no longer a matter of the interests of the international proletariat or the Italian proletariat: it was Italy first of all" . ... "Mussolini created a spiritual, political and moral revolution, a revolution for the entire nation" . ...
Hitler shot his pistol in the middle of Kahr's speech and shouted, "The national revolution has begun." The "revolution" began when Hitler lied to the people saying the Bavarian Trumimvirate, Kahr, Lossow, and Seisser had joined forces with him. ... Hitler then ordered the attack on Belgium, Holland and France. ... The Germans eventually broke through the French defenses, and by May 21, had captured the French and British armies in Belgium. ... After the French surrender, Hitler attempted to end the war with Britain. ...
The conditions in Germany at this time existed to enable such a revolution to take place. ... The French had come to collect their reparations, even amid widespread German poverty and squalor. ... They wanted to start a nationalist revolution in Bavaria, and let it spread all over Germany. ... Hitler and the Nazis eventually robbed a bank, started a revolution and incited murder, but Hitler only ever served nine months in prison. ... However, the revolution had already begun for the Nazis. ...
Between January 30, 1933, and June 30, 1934, Hitler had carried out a radical revolution that placed the police and the power of the state under his control. ... In 1940, they invade Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. ...
Louis XIV and Adolf Hitler are two leaders that had the greatest impacts on France and Germany, respectively. ... During Mazarin's reign "France was victorious abroad, and apparently tranquil at home, she was in truth on the verge of bankruptcy. ... Louis finally tamed the French nobility, but in doing so he became their captive. ... Their alliance led to their mutual destruction in the revolution. ... About 200,000 chose to flee the country and France lost some of its most valuable workers. ...
Many of these stick in my mind, such as the Rationalist's (John Locke, Voltaire, Montesqiue, and Rousseau) in France, or the Revolutionary War led by the Continental Army and George Washington, or General Napolean Bonaparte and his rise to power and dramatic downfall in Russia, or the two great World Wars, or Hitler and his racial hierarchy which was centered around the Aryan race, Anti-Semitism, and the extermination of the Jewish race and culture. ... Hitler's Anti-Semitic ideas of having the pure Aryans (Germans) ruling over the non-pure Aryans (British, Dutch, and Scandinavia...
In January 1923, French and Belgian troops marched into Germany to settle a dispute. ... Hitler held a rally at a Munich beer hall and proclaimed a revolution. ... Invading Poland pushed France and England to declare war on Germany. ... In 1944 the Allies invaded Europe at Normandy Beach on the French coast; German cities were destroyed by bombs. ...
While Britain and France were constantly in quest of expanding their empires at the cost of their adversaries, the United States was not in the war for Empirical gains. ... Some liberties were not even introduced until after the war such as all women being able to vote in Britain; or in France the discontinuation of the constant persecution of pacifists. ... One difference was the remobilization of the French and British people to war by using democratic ideals to rally support for the war. ... Also, democratic leaders with democratic ideals ruled Britain, France, and the USA while Germany and...
These men claimed to want only stability; furthermore, they claimed to view revolution with horror, yet they were themselves in a sense, the most ruthless revolutionaries the world had ever seen. ... While fighting with the Russians, many French soldiers died due to starvation and the freezing temperatures, for none of the French were issued any gear for the winter. ...
The Swiss couple in The Boat is Full who aided them were a sample of the general population, and went through several revolutions of mind before the end of the film. ... If this sample demographic is accurate, we must assume that the French community existed in passive acceptance of the German regime. ... It seems that most French people at the time were more afraid for themselves and the fate of the Jews. ... While it was a necessity for survival in detention, the French attitude of Laize" Faire was chosen, not mandated. ...
The Swiss couple in The Boat is Full who aided them were a sample of the general population, and went through several revolutions of mind before the end of the film. ... If this sample demographic is accurate, we must assume that the French community existed in passive acceptance of the German regime. ... It seems that most French people at the time were more afraid for themselves and the fate of the Jews. ... While it was a necessity for survival in detention, the French attitude of Laize" Faire was chosen, not mandated. ...
Rumors of revolution and a government take over by the communist shattered Hitler. " I lay there broken with great pains, although I did not let on how I felt; for it was repugnant of me to cry out at a time when you could feel that a collapse was coming." A short while later on November 9, an elderly pastor announced the news of an all out revolution broken out in Munich. " It became impossible for me to sit still one minute longer. ... Thus , he turned against the revolution in Germany and the Weimar Republic that he blamed for his misfortune. ... When the French occupied the Ruhr in...
If we protest against them with every means in our power, then we find ourselves on the path of revolution." ... The French wanted reparations for damage in World War 1 and wanted Germany also to be stripped of wealth. The French also didn't want to pay tax and believed it should come out of the Germans pocket. On 11 January the French forced their way into the Rurh to get the reparations. Germans who lived in this area were subjected to personal searches and interrogation by occupying French police. ...
Then would come the subjugation of France in the west, to protect its rear. ... In 1920 Hitler's greatest enemy was France, but Germany in its miserable position, was in no way able to tackle the strongest military power on the continent. ... And on August 1st of the same year "we must use everything we can, especially the differences between France and Italy, in order to win Italy over to our side." ... First, Hitler still considered France Germany's primary opponent, realizing that its position on the continent meant immediate danger. ...
