WHY DID GERMANY LOSE WW1 Germany lost WW1 due to a variety of military‚ socio-economic & political‚ and strategic reasons. The war itself continued for 4 years‚ inflicting various casualties and economic hardships on Germany. The most important reason why Germany lost WW1 were its incompetence to carry out it’s various strategies – originating from the first strategic failure‚ the failure of the Schlieffen Plan. The military incompetence of Germany on land and in sea was also an important cause
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Coursework- Questions 1) Explain why women failed to gain the vote in 1900 and 1914. (10 marks) Women failed to get the right to vote in 1909 to 1914 because of many reasons of which include: The suffragettes and the suffrages‚ the suffrages where to violent not law abiding and the sufragettes where to law abiding and too peaceful. The expectations of women‚ that women should stay at home and look after the family. The influences of religion‚ religion where in favour of man and believed
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Russia between 1881 and 1914‚ however fundamentally I do not think either were completely transformed as the country was still under almost complete control of the Tsar and the majority of people had a very limited political voice‚ and also the economy remained a major issue with few problems solved. Considering that in 1881 Russia was incredibly underdeveloped and mainly based on agriculture‚ there were many changes made. The first finance minister of Alexander’s reign was Nikolai Bunge and he introduced
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2012 1. Reasons for the Outbreak of WWI * The Alliance System: The formation of the German States/Empire‚ the Triple Alliance‚ the Franco-Russian Alliance‚ and the Triple Entente proved that war amongst these countries was eminent. * The Naval Race: In 1898‚ the Germans began building a navy that challenged Britain’s dominance over naval affairs. These two countries engaged in an arms race in the early 1900’s building warships. The HMS Dreadnaught was built during this arms race.
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German Chancellor Bismarck was the first to start the alliance system which was one cause of the First World War. Other nations only followed him. Second‚ the extreme nationalism (Pan-Germanism) in Germany made her desire to unite with the Germans in Austria-Hungary to become a great German state. With her support‚ Austria-Hungary came into direct conflict with the Serbs in the Balkans. Third‚ Germany was the most militaristic in the Armaments Race between 1871-1914 . Comparatively‚ other nations
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Who Was Responsible for the Start of the Cold War? Although differences between communism and capitalism - two opposing systems - existed before the start of World War II‚ relations between the United States and USSR deteriorated rapidly after the war. The US was so opposed to communism that a policy of containment was developed to prevent communism spreading. In addition‚ open hostility‚ lack of understanding‚ and deliberate provoking further separated the two countries. Though the Cold War was
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Assessment: How Has WW1 Been Remembered? WW1 has‚ and always will be seen as one‚ if not the most significant war in all of history. One of the reasons for it being such a tragic event was that it was deemed at the time to have been ‘the war to end all wars‚’ however that tragically was not the case. World War One was caused by several contributing factors‚ which resulted on Britain declaring war on Germany. They are: The alliance system‚ Imperialism‚ The Naval Race‚ The Schlieffen Plan and finally‚ the
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were unrealistic Schlieffen Plan * Based on the idea that Germany would eventually have to fight France and Russia but should avoid fighting both at once * France would expect Germany to invade from the east‚ so would not be prepared for an invasion from the north * Germany would defeat France in six weeks it would supposedly take for Russian troops to mobilise. Then Germany would attack Russia. * The German General Staff Count Schlieffen completed a plan for war * Forced
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wouldn’t be able to get a hold of his position. Lady Macbeth was satisfied when Macbeth was crowned king‚ thus not understanding the need to kill one who threatens his position. Also‚ when Macbeth was telling Lady how he still wants to kill Banquo and his son‚ she asks what he is going to do and Macbeth calmly says “Be innocent of the knowledge‚ dearest chuck‚/ till thou applaud the deed” (III.ii.45-46). Macbeth didn’t want to inform Lady of his plan to kill Banquo and his son Fleance because he knows Lady
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➢ When did World war One start? August 1914 ➢ Which country did Britain enter the war for? Belgium ➢ What was the BEF? British Expeditionary Force ➢ Why did the Schlieffen Plan not work? The resistance of the Belgians‚ BEF‚ and French stopped the Germans ➢ Why was it so important for the English to secure the channel ports in November 1914? The British were able to transport troops and supplies to France through these ports ➢ What was stalemate? The war of movement ended. The
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