reparations to certain countries that had formed the Entente powers. The total cost of these reparations was assessed at 132 billion marks ($31.5 billion‚ £6‚600 million). The Treaty became known as a Diktat - as it was being forced on them and the Germans had no choice but to sign it. Many in Germany did not want the Treaty signed‚ but the representatives there knew that they had no choice as Germany was incapable of restarting the war again. What is conscription? Conscription was introduced in January
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World War I Roland Brown HIST102 Dr. Kahan September 21‚ 2014 There have been several technological improvements on the battlefield since the start of the first Great War. Armies set foot in combat zones anticipating offensive victories with the use of their numbers alone. Trench warfare proved these old tactics to be erroneous and obsolete. Complimenting these new approaches to warfare were also new weapons. The development of the machine gun‚ artillery‚ tanks and other devices
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The Collapse of Lehman Brothers – Lessons Learned: Corporate Governance and Ethics. Posted by erictse2 on February 11‚ 2012 The Collapse of Lehman Brothers – Lessons Learned: Corporate Governance and Ethics. Executive summary This essay discusses about the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008‚ from the perspective of corporate governance and ethics. It first gives some background about the collapse and analyze financial situation of the company before the incident happened. It reveals unethical
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information was controlled. Newspapers were expected to print what the government wanted and the newspapers started using emotional headlines‚ even if they weren’t true. Some examples of these headlines are: -“Belgium child’s hands cut off by Germans” -“Germans crucify Canadian officer” Anyone caught spreading the truth would be arrested. Propaganda aimed at Women While the men were fighting it was left to the women to do the men’s jobs and treat injured soldiers. To get the women to do this propaganda
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Tensions pre 1914 and reasons for Outbreak of WW1: The causes of World War I‚ which began in central Europe in late July 1914‚ included intertwined factors‚ such as the conflicts and hostility of the four decades leading up to the war. Militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism played major roles in the conflict as well. The immediate origins of the war‚ however‚ lay in the decisions taken by statesmen and dictators during the Crisis of 1914‚ casus belli for which was the assassination
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Graham Mattison U.S. Military History Term Paper 5/12/08 The Allied Sweep and the Defeat of Germany: The Failure of German Defense‚ The Triumph of Allied Strategy The intent of this paper will be to provide a purposeful explanation of the events leading up to the Allied invasion of “Fortress Europe.” It will also provide an analysis of Allied‚ as well as Axis strategy throughout the Allied invasion and sweep across northwest Europe that resulted in the eventual defeat of the Third Reich
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Clausewitz defines victory as overcoming your opponent’s will to resist in order to force him to accept your geo-political position/policy. (CL 94) Clausewitz also correctly points out that both combatants define victory and peace. Even within the pure warfare‚ the defeated gets a vote. (CL 80) Bartholomees broaden the participants to include the perception of noncombatants. (Barth p 31) Both would agree unless the victor is considering a Carthage like solutions‚ defeated people can resist in
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Before WW1‚ countries in Europe were going through industrial revolutions‚ many parts of Asia‚ South America and Africa had been colonised and world wealth was centred in Europe because of mass trading throughout the world. Many events‚ incidents and tension points led to the eruption of our very first world war. But the main trigger was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand (heir to the throne of the Empire of Austria-Hungary) on the 28 June 1914. One of the many causes of WW1 was
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sides locked in trench warfare‚ neither side capable of a decisive victory. President Woodrow Wilson was very aware that the causes of war were rarely clear and that the modern European scenario was a complicated one. For this reason‚ he maintained America’s neutrality‚ as he did not believe that any of America’s interests should be threatened by a European war announcing on August 4th 1914‚ that America would be neutral in WW1. That neutrality was also extended to American bankers who could then
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warfare by the German navy was unequivocally a breach of the rules of war. In early 1915‚ Germany controversially declared the waters surrounding Britain a war zone and threatened to sink all merchant ships approaching Britain even those from neutral countries. It was irrational to believe neutral countries would halt trade with Britain as that would result in huge economic losses. Several merchant ships including the British ship Lusitania were mercilessly and unjustly shot down by German U-Boat submarines
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