affair with many different events factoring in. These events range from the betrayal and humiliation many Germans felt after World War 1‚ and the fact that the treaty of Versailles was itself a failure and stemming from that failure the failure of the League of Nations‚ which had no real power. Or the recent Great Depression pushing countries to the brink‚ or Germany’s goals of a united German empire which were spearheaded by the Nazi party and Hitler‚ the rise of many other fascist states including Italy
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Was World War Two inevitable? The origins of the Second World War have been a contentious issue ever since the conflict ended in 1945. It is a topic which continues to provoke furious debate more than sixty years later. It was unquestionably Hitler’s war and was directly brought about by his actions in the 1930’s. However opinion is divided as to whether his actions were meticulously planned or was he simply an opportunist who pragmatically took each step as they arose naturally. Marshal
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Football the beautiful game The phrase "The Beautiful Game" is a name given to football. The person who created the phrase is unknown. Football commentator Stuart Hall is the only person to have said to have created "The Beautiful Game". In his youth‚ Hall admired Peter Doherty when he went to see Manchester City play at Maine Road and used the phrase "The Beautiful Game" to describe Doherty’s style when playing. He also used the phrase "The Beautiful Game" in his commentary career later on
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thoughts of it to anything other than what they already are. He felt he had already compromised enough‚ letting France‚ Great Britain‚ and Italy scrap most of his 14 Points; he wasn’t about to let his own country throw out the one thing he still had: the League of Nations. A big part of why Wilson accounted for the majority of the blame in the failure of the Treaty of Versailles was that he refused to compromise on any parts of the Treaty‚ even if they weren’t his own ideas. He himself said that he would
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Expand Eastwards Destroy the Treaty of Versailles The Germans hated it‚ especially: Tiny armed forces‚ The Saar was under League of Nations control‚ The Rhineland was demilitarised‚ Anschluss (union) with Austria was forbidden‚ Germans were forced to live in Czechoslovakia (the Sudetenland) and Poland‚ Danzig was under League of Nations control. The Treaty was a constant reminder to the Germans of their humiliation in World War I. Hitler did not accept that the German
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Goal line technology should be introduced in football Contents page: Section 1: The history of goal line technology Section 2: Definition and types of goal line technology Section 3: Advantages of goal line technology in football Section 4: Drawbacks of goal line technology in football Section 5: Further types of video refereeing in football Section 6: The economics of goal line technology Section 7: Survey details Section 8: Conclusion Section 1: The history of goal line technology Goal
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“The arguments in favour of Appeasement were overwhelming” To what extent do you agree with this statement in relation to the British governments decision to appease Germany and Italy between the years 1933-36? There are many arguments for and against appeasement in the 1930’s but the general nature of the GB public at this particular time was one of approval towards Chamberlains ‘Active Appeasement’ policy. There are many good reasons why Chamberlain chose appeasement as his way of tackling
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Was the Treaty of Versailles a success? There are several ways in which the Treaty of Versailles was a success but there are also some which show it was a failure. The treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One. The treaty was signed in Versailles Palace near Paris-hence its name-between Germany and its Allies. The three most important politicians were David Lloyd George (Britain)‚ Georges Clemenceau (France) and Woodrow Wilson (USA) also known as ‘The Big Three’
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How successful was Woodrow Wilson in achieving his aims in foreign policy in the years 1912 to 1920? Democrat Woodrow Wilson was elected as president after Republican William Howard Taft who favoured interventionist foreign policy in 1912. The aims of Wilson in tackling foreign affairs were to maintain isolationism by peaceful and ethical approaches‚ which were achieved almost successfully until the American intervention into the World War One in 1917. One of Wilson’s success in keeping isolationism
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not and even forbid interference. I will be arguing that the Germans intervened in the Spanish Civil war for self-centered military‚ political‚ and economic reasons more than looking to aid the Spanish rebellion. With the lack of action from the League of Nations who had opposed intervention in the conflict‚ gave the Germans even more confidence in their own strength and the lack that there of the Western powers. The Spanish Civil War began with a swift coup attempt on July 17th 1936 by Nationalist
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