Napoleon Bonaparte must be considered a hero in French history. Through his liberal ways of coming to power and controlling France‚ Napoleon was able to create unity and stability‚ both political and economic‚ in one of the most powerful nations in Europe at the time. Napoleon was not only an excellent leader‚ but also a dominant war strategist. He was able to conquer enemies of France and expand Frances territory. By giving people rights and freedoms‚ forming a respectable educational system and
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Throughout Napoleon’s rule many questions had risen pondering about Napoleons actions and his state of mind. One of those was if whether Napoleon was a liberator or a conqueror. Truth is that Napoleon was a conqueror. The only thing that Napoleon was focused on was his main goal; to conqueror and control all of Europe. That in which Napoleon had made himself clear that nothing could ever get in the way of him having complete and absolute power. Since Napoleon was much shorter than others; he felt
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David Ryan 9-15-15 Period 6 Section 3‚ Question 6. In my onion‚ Napoleon was the creator of his time and not the creation of his time because he made most of his opportunities from his hard work. Napoleon started it all by working hard in school when he was young. He was given the task of defending delegates from a government official in 1795. Napoleon along with gunners successfully defended the delegates. They made the attackers panic and confused. Napoleon was the hero of the hour and in Paris
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A person can take cuts scraps and even slashes and survive after a little blood loss‚ but if the wounds are not treated and dressed properly then infection will set in and kill them. In World War I Russia did not die from her wounds but died of infection. Yes Russia faced many problems during the First World War but so did everyone else and yet some of them‚ like the French‚ not only survived the war but ended up winning it. Even saying that Russia lost the war is not the best statement that can
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Art is a term that describes a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities‚ but here refers to the visual arts‚ which cover the creation of images or objects in fields including painting‚ sculpture‚ printmaking‚ photography‚ and other visual media. The Son of Man is my favorite piece of art. The Son of Man is a Belgian surrealist painting. It was painted in 1964 by Rene Magritte. The painting was originally intended to be a self-portrait. The painting conveys a man in
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"How successful was the League Of Nations in the 1920’s?" The League Of Nations could be seen as a success due to the three events they took charge in and were able to sort out. These events consisted of The Aaland Isalnds dispute in 1921 when Sweden and Finland both claimed the islands and were both willing to fight for this land yet when the League got involved they were able to come to a decision that the land was to be awarded to Finland. Both of the countries accepted what the League had
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How did the Schlieffen Plan and the French Plan XVII help to contribute to the stalemate that developed on the Western Front? (10 marks) The French Plan XVII‚ created by General Joffre‚ was largely a mistake as it was accurately predicted by the German Schlieffen Plan. It grossly underestimated the strength of the Germany army‚ assumed that if they conquered enough of Germany they would sue for peace‚ and misjudged the direction of Germany’s initial offensive. Germany’s original Schlieffen Plan
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fighting across vast lengths of trenches stretching from the English Channel to the northern borders of Switzerland as each army tried to outflank the other. No one in 1914 would have predicted the stalemate that was to follow; it was a common belief back home in Britain that it would all be ’over by Christmas’. The Germans had similar views at the start of the war; they thought they could rapidly capture France before invading Russia‚ therefore preventing a war on two fronts. But the failure of
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I agree Germany were aggressive but their actions were not completely responsible for the outbreak of war‚ there were other causes for the war which Germany were not responsible for‚ such as the Triple of Entente where Germany felt isolated and insecure. However‚ the Schlieffen Plan of 1905 referred to in sources 1 and 2 is frequently seen as an act of aggression. In source 1 Corrigan says that “Germany had in place a plan for an aggressive war” because they were concerned of having to fight Russia
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Germany Invades Poland The surprise attack took place on September 1‚ 1939. The German invasion of Poland was the newest strategy called the lightning war. Germany used fast-moving airplanes and tanks. The invasion ended on April 9‚ 1940. Fall of France/ Dunkirk In France of May 1940‚ Hitler sent many soldiers to France. The Germans killed and wounded many soldiers. France tried to go to Dunkirk but they were trapped by the Germans in sea. But then Great Britain came and sent 850 ships to rescue
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