INDLEDNING Fra midten af det 19.århundrede og frem til 1.verdenskrig i 1914 udvandrede der fra Danmark omkring 1300.000 mennesker ud af en befolkning på to millioner mennesker. Det er over 10% af den samlede danske befolkning‚ der i løbet af 50-60 år emigrerede fra fædrelandet. 90% af alle de danske emigranter bosatte sig i denne periode i Amerika‚ hvilket svarer til ca. 270.000. Den store udvandring har uden tvivl betydet en del for Danmark‚ men hvorfor skete den kolossale udvandring‚ hvad skete
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The Schlieffen Plan failed because Germany underestimated their opponents. The year was 1914‚ and the world powers were all at breaking point. As the war drew nearer each country created plans of attack that would make a swift and short war. The French had plan XV11 and the Germany’s had the Schlieffen Plan. The Schlieffen plan was created in 1905 by the Chief of the German General Staff‚ Alfred Goraf von Schlieffen. The plan was a surprise attack in which the Germany army would capture and obtained
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‘Why did Australians volunteer to fight so readily in 1914?’ The outbreak of The Great War in 1914 was the first battle The Commonwealth of Australia fought in as a separate nation. Having been an extremely young nation‚ federating in 1901‚ the country of Australia was still very much tied to their true ‘mother country’‚ Great Britain. Britain was in charge of Australia’s defence in that point in time and had certain obligations to Britain‚ particularly in times of war and conflict. Australians
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Alfred von Schlieffen the German Chief of Staff made a plan for the German Army in the war between France and Russia in 1903 at the request of Kaiser Wilhelm II. In order to accomplish Schlieffen’s plan‚ the immediate defeat of France was needed. Schlieffen thought that it would much easier to become victorious over France by attacking at its rear‚ rather than pushing through the heavily fortified France-German border. In order for them to do this quickly they would have to go through another country
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The causes of the world war were 4; the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ Arms Race‚ Alliances and the Empire. I think that the most important cause is the Alliances‚ because if other countries didn’t start coming into Austria-Hungary’s war with Serbia‚ it wouldn’t have turned into a major war. The first link is from Box 3: ‘Countries wanted a big empire because they gave countries more power‚ money and prestige’‚ to Box 1: ‘Countries in Europe were competing over who had the biggest empire’
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Austria-Hungary and Russia. Some of the key battles of WW1 were the battle of Marne 1914-1918‚ battle of Ypres 1914‚1915 and 1917‚the battle of Somme 1916‚ battle of Cambria and the famous battle of Verdun 1916. The two sides of the war were the triple Alliance consisting of the central European empires being Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy (which does not enter war). And the other half of the war the Triple Entente made up of Great Britain‚ France and Russia.WW1 was started by the race to power‚ when one country
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Pound and A. Walton Litz ’s masterful selection and editing of Ezra Pound and Dorothy Shakespear: Their Letters‚ 1909-1914. To hear the authentic voices of the letters is to meet again but anew the youthful Pound. The facts of Pound ’s growth as an artist and critic during these years are not altered‚ but a new perception of the inner workings of his mind and personality is gained. More important‚ the volume serves as a concise but fully detailed picture of the social and cultural life of late Edwardian
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the period 1865-1914 discussed the growing gap between wealth and poverty in the United states. Compare and contrast 3 of the following authors’ explanations for this condition and their proposals for dealing with it. A. Henry George‚ Progress and Poverty‚ b. Edward Bellamy‚ Looking Backward‚ c. Andrew Carnegie‚ The Gospel of Wealth‚ d. William Graham Sumner‚ What Social Classes owe to Each Other‚ e. Upton Sinclair‚ The Jungle During the period of time between 1865 and 1914‚ America went through
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in European diplomacy between 1870 and 1914: the Alliance System; global colonial rivalry; changing balance of power; nationalism. Introduction: - The years between 1870 and 1914 were very important when it came to European diplomacy. During these years‚ tensions built up and due to the formation of alliances‚ beginning with the Three Emperors’ League‚ two allied blocs were formed‚ defining the ally system before the world war. In addition‚ there was a substantial change in the balance of
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Why did the First World War break out in 1914? In this essay I will be outlining the key points in why the First World War broke out in 19 14. Many people tend to say "Because Archduke Ferdinand got shot." Still others have blamed it on the increased independence and Imperialism in Hungary to Russia’s growing military. If I had to answer the question myself‚ the answer would be all of the above‚ and more. The events from June of 1914 through August of 1914 can be described as one thing leading to
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