World War I, a war fought to "destroy the axis of evil" and to resolve conflicts between belligerent countries, brought nothing but turmoil and numerous dilemmas to the warring nations; politically and economically. Immediately after the war, many people thought the war had made a safe environment for democracy in all countries. ... Most obvious is that fact that World War I had devastated European business. Factories, homes, and farms had been destroyed in the war. ... When Italy declared war on Turkey in 1911, he was imprisoned for his pacifist propaganda. ...

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When asked who was the world's most feared and vicious leader of a country during a world war, military historians and world leaders would state that it was Adolf Hitler. He was the dictator of Germany and was the most powerful and ruthless leader of his time, 1933 to 1945, during World War II. ... Adolf while rummaging through his father's book collection found several books of a military nature, including a picture book on the German- French war of 1870 to 1871. ... From then on, I became more and more enthusiastic about everything that was in any connected with war or, for th...

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Introduction The genesis of World War One was controversial and was shrouded on confusion. ... While going into the background, history, and causes for the war is not necessary for this essay, it is important to realize that the systems in place during the pre-war period were essentially political "boiling pots" and these tensions carried over through the war into post war circumstances to shape new social movements. ... Nonetheless, the war indeed was an ideological struggle in numerous respects. ... One difference was the remobilization of the French and British people to war by using democ...

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The Treaty of Versailles was not the only cause of World War II, however was one of the important factors. ... France wanted to permanently punish Germany harshly enough that they could never make war again. ... However just twenty years and sixty-seven days later, war would once again break out in Europe. ... Italy had originally been allied with Germany and the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, but when war broke out Italy refused to march. ... At the end of the war the Italians never got anything near what they had been promised. ...

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This second camp was called Auschwitz II, or Birkinau. ... That is the question which has been rearing its head in scientific research since the end of World War II. ... The other goal of the Nazi scientists was to provide human data that could be applied to the war effort. ...

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Background of D-Day: The Second World War had started almost five years ear, on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. ... He made another bad mistake in June 1941 by declaring war on Russia, until then his ally. ... Italy pushed the war into North Africa. ... By then they felt that the tide of the war had turned. the Russians had stopped the Germans at the Russian city of Stalingrad, and were pushing back from Volga River. ... The Allies had already won the war in the air at the cost of thousands of British and American lives. ...

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On June 28,1914, 6 months later, Hitler returned to Munich one month after World War I had begun. ... In the four years of World War I he was promoted only to the rank corporal. ... By 1918 it was clear that Germany had lost the war. A furious Hitler returned to war but was finally put out of commission on October14,1918. A gas shell struck near him, and he was blinded two days after Germany signed an armistice that brought World War I to an end. ...

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On June 28,1914, 6 months later, Hitler returned to Munich one month after World War I had begun. ... In the four years of World War I he was promoted only to the rank corporal. ... By 1918 it was clear that Germany had lost the war. A furious Hitler returned to war but was finally put out of commission on October14,1918. A gas shell struck near him, and he was blinded two days after Germany signed an armistice that brought World War I to an end. ...

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Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau- am -Inn, Austria. The town is located near the Austrian- Germany border. His father Alois, worked as a customs officer on the border crossing. His mother Klara, had previously given birth to two other children...

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They felt it was too harsh, that it was a forceful 'dictated' peace, and most importantly, they felt they had not lost the war, and so did not deserve such severe punishment. ... The treaty required Germany to pay the Allies reparations for the damage incurred during World War I. ... For many Germans hyperinflation caused more suffering than the war, which resulted in festering anger and resentfulness. The blame was not laid on the Kaiser's war government which had started the inflation by its borrowing trend. ...

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Not only was Hitler trying to give this message to the world but also the German public, if Hitler didn't have the German public behind him then he could not start or compete in a war. After the First World war Germany had suffered badly, especially with the treaty of Versailles, so the last thing the Germans would have wanted was another war, but if Hitler could persuade the public that they could win the war, by parading there huge army, then he would have had a good chance of winning the war. ...

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Nazism and art. Can these two themes be combined to create a high quality movie? Possibly. That is what director Istvan Szabo did. He directed the movie Mephisto in 1981, a movie about the life of a German actor during Nazi's rule pre-World War II. The movie was based on Klaus Mann's novel with the...

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