respects‚ and under exaggerate its significance in others. Though some have suggested that Germany precipitated war by offering Austria-Hungary support in its conflict with Serbia‚ this can be explained as much in terms of the complex chain of alliances which entwined early 20th Century Europe as in terms of aggression: in 1909‚ Bethmann-Hollweg was forced into supporting Austria in its dispute with Bosnia-Herzegovina‚ despite never having been asked before Austrian annexation took place‚ wholly due to
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Germany did not annex Austria in a hash sense. Germany and Austria both were eliminated under what is known as an alliance. This was not allowed from the treaties of the Paris peace conference. The only reason it was allowed was because Britain and France didn’t want to fight Germany. They finally let them go on until they could invade Poland‚ while the only thing they could do was protest a bit. The Sudetenland was part of the Czechoslovakia while most of it was mainly ethnic Germans. Hitler wanted
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Russia‚ USA‚ Britain‚ France and Italy‚ had a total of about 21‚062‚835 casualties along with about 1‚031‚374 more from Japan‚ Romania‚ Serbia‚ Belgium‚ Greece‚ Portugal and Montenegro. The Central powers had about 15‚404‚477 from Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Turkey and Bulgaria. An over all total of about 37‚508‚686. Possibly 62 million people lost their lives in World War IIabout 25 million soldiers and 37 million civilians. WWII Allied Powers were mainly the USA‚ France and Britain. As the
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What if Germany won WWI? World War One‚ also widely known as the Great War lasted from 1914-1918. It was a major war centered in Europe involving the World’s major powers that were separated into two alliances: the Allies‚ consisting of Britain‚ France‚ Russia and later the US and the Central Powers consisting of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy. It was European History’s worst war at the time. The Germans were defeated by exhaustion however‚ this could of easily happened to the Allies
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better for the people. The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was the peace treaty that officially ended World War I between the Allied and Associated Powers and the German Empire. On one side‚ we have Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy‚ which formed the Triple Alliance. Germany and Austria-Hungary were already allies by 1879 when‚ worried about a threat from Russia‚ they formed the Dual Alliance. Italy joined the group in 1882. There was a concern about a possible attack from France and the Alliance
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The aftermath of World War 1 in Europe was very much in turmoil and it was because the peacemakers weren’t able to see the scale of the damage of that WW1 causes. The empires of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Russia were nonexistent. Russia had undergone two revolutions‚ the states that were left behind were struggling economically along with the issues that the civilian population was facing such as famine‚ the Spanish Flue‚ and displacement there was a lot to repair in the aftermath. A social
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distraught wives in the pursuit of their country’s freedom. World War 1 was fought from July 1914 to November 1918. The main powers involved were Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy‚ Germany‚ and Austria-Hungary. The war predominantly took place in Europe. What we want to know is‚ what was the hidden cause of WWI. Of the three most important causes of WW1‚ the main cause was militarism. Imperialism is not polite‚ nor should it be taken lightly into consideration as an important cause of World War 1
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The Shot Heard ‘Round the World (War I) On summer day‚ June 28th‚ 1914‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was riding in a car‚ driving through Sarajevo‚ trying to show himself to the Serbian people. A terrorist group had created plans to assassinate Ferdinand and at first they failed. However‚ Ferdinand coincidentally ended up right next to the sandwich shop that Gavrilo Princip‚ one of the designated assassins‚ was eating at. Princip was quick to grasp the opportunity and he
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signed when alliance formed‚ it also resulted in the outbreak of WWI. That is‚ despite the alliance or entente was founded‚ but the ally itself were also worried their alliance would collapse. In view of it‚ to avert betrayal and isolation from ally‚ they had to signed the secret military treaty to compel their ally support them. When WWI begun‚ the ally pattern reveals that the military treaty was correlated to the outbreak of WWI in a great extent. Which‚ when assassination at Sarajevo happened
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faint. Can you even imagine a life like that? The holocaust was mainly started because of the ingrained anti semitism in Germany and other countries. Anti semitism was started way back in the 1090’s from the Crusades and got stronger and stronger from WWI and German Superiority. Have you heard of the Crusades before? Well if you haven’t the Crusades were a group of people that believed strongly in the Christian religion. They had big crusades around Europe giving Jews and Muslims the choice to either
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