referred to as the ’Delian League’ or the ’Confederacy of Athens.’ The official aim of the League was‚ according to Thucydides‚ "to compensate themselves for their losses [of the Persian War] by ravaging the territory of the King of Persia." The long term aim of the League was to ensure the freedom of the Greeks and prepare them for any future wars to come. This makes the League both a defensive and offensive organisation. Athens was to become the leader of the League‚ for various reasons‚ including
Premium Peloponnesian War Ancient Greece Sparta
against a small club in the F.A. Cup. Soon after‚ he got into the first team and was one of the best defenders in England. He then got signed by Real Madrid and was one of the highest paid defenders in the league. But he was injured badly in a big game against Liverpool FC in the Champions League semi-finals. After thirteen months of therapy‚ he came back into the squad‚ but he wasn’t back to his great form of play. He was then sold back to England‚ to a Championship club up north. After a season with
Premium Premier League
during the Second World War. Hitler was responsible to a large degree‚ however cannot be accountable for every aspect in which the sequence of events unfolded. Lack of effectiveness from situations such as The Treaty of Versailles‚ the failure of the League of Nations to keep the peace and the failure associated with the Appeasement between European Nations as indictors. Those aspects showed circumstances that were out of Hitler’s complete control‚ attributed in the overall commencement of war. However
Premium World War II Adolf Hitler Germany
Versailles wasn’t so harsh on Germany‚ the League of Nations was failure and if Britain and France responded earlier to Germany breaking the treaty‚ stopping Germany before the situation was too big and it was too late could have prevented World War II. The war therefore could
Premium World War II World War I Nazi Germany
to the allies‚ redrawing the map of Europe‚ dissolution of colonial empires‚ and the formation of the League of Nations. Ratifying the Treaty of Versailles would allow the United States to participate in world affairs and will prevent future world conflict. Even though there are people against the idea of ratifying the Treaty of Versailles because of the United States being a member in the League of Nations would entangle them in more foreign disputes. There are more advantages from the Treaty of
Premium Treaty of Versailles United States World War I
presents the fascinating conclusion of Woodrow Wilson’s career and life. Beginning with the brief backgrounds of Wilson and his second wife‚ Edith Galt‚ the bulk of the book is the true happenings of the Versailles Peace Conference‚ the fight for the League of Nations‚ and Wilson’s horrible stroke and period as an invalid president. Much of this biography covers the devastating seventeen month period during which presidential leadership and action were lacking from the American government. After the
Premium Woodrow Wilson President of the United States Treaty of Versailles
How far was Hitler’s foreign policy to blame for war in 1939? The outbreak of WW2 on September 1939 occurred due to numerous factors. These causes include the harshness of the Treaty of Versailles‚ Hitler’s foreign policy‚ the failure of the League of Nations linked to the isolation of the US‚ and appeasement introduced by the British Prime Minister‚ Neville Chamberlain. Hitlers aims consisted of abolishing the Treaty of Versailles‚ a rearmament and he wanted to obtain Lebensraum for his Aryan
Free Adolf Hitler World War II Treaty of Versailles
All these men had very interesting and different views during this time of the League of Nations but my personal favorite and most influential was Woodrow Wilson’s final campaign. When Wilson first spoke on November 10th 1923 about the League of Nations i thought he was a bit too much with the compliments and it felt like he was avoiding the subject completely the first time he spoke and filled his speech with a lot of unnecessary optimism. But the second time Wilson spoke I personally thought his
Premium United States World War II President of the United States
The League of Nations 1. The body that was formed out of Wilson’s 14 Points was called the League of Nations. (a) The League’s aims and objectives were set in 26 articles known as the Covenant. (b) President Wilson was hoping that the League would unite against any future international wars. (c) The League of Nations offered the idea of collective security. This meant those countries would act together if any member were threatened by any hostile state. 2. In the beginning the League did have
Premium League of Nations World War II World War I
officers of the Kwantung Army of Japan staged an explosion on the railway line‚ near Mukden. This became known as the Mukden incident. Japan blamed China for this and Japan then invaded. The League of Nations issued an investigation and in 1932 the Lytton Commission blamed Japan. However‚ some members of the league
Premium League of Nations World War II Nazi Germany