Aftermath of WWI Leads to WWII Prior to the First World War‚ Europe was the world center of industry and capital. Massive death‚ destruction‚ and resentment after World War I left most countries unable to recover to a normal existence and damaged the world economy. The economic collapse and the political instability caused by World War I eventually led to the rise of fascism in Europe. Forceful dictators in Italy‚ Germany‚ and Japan took advantage of these problems to seize power by territorial
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World War II‚ which occurred on September 1st of1939 after Germany invaded Poland‚ is one of the most famous wars in the course of history. It was the most brutally violent‚ horrific‚ damaging‚ and the first war to have millions upon millions of people killed throughout the duration of it. A plethora of effects‚ which varies from nation to nation‚ was inflicted upon the world which would impact the course of the future. Fifty million people‚ or about two percent of the world’s population at the time
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World War 2 (WW2) was one of the most destructive wars in history‚ which killed more than 38 million people. More than 50 countries were involved and it changed the world forever. After the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919‚ WW2 became inevitable. WW2 began in September 1939 when Britain and France declared war on Germany after Germany invaded Poland. Although Germany’s invasion of Poland was a trigger for the war‚ there were multiple causes. The three main factors that caused WW2 to
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military supplies. This was changing people’s view points on women’s rights and social status. This showed that women could do more than be stay at home mothers or teachers or secretaries. 80. The 30 Years War took place in 1618 to 1648. This would have to be one of the most deadly religious Wars to have happened in Europe. It affect Germany because that was where the Peace of Augsburg was and where the Peace of Westphalia would end up. World War I left Germany with with no money because as a part
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The Munich Agreement and Appeasement policy was a controversial policy employed by the British to avoid a war that would destroy them. Their tactics brought Appeasement to the center of political debate‚ creating multiple views of this strategy. Chamberlain‚ the man responsible‚ was viewed differently by separate political parties. This tactic was Britain’s last chance at avoiding a war that they were in no shape to fight in. However‚ they put themselves in this undesirable position by political
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Adolf Hitler and His Rise to Power Alberto J Fernandes Fisher College In the early twenty century there was a great world tragedy that could have been prevented. The holocaust was a dark part of this worlds history. Looking back and it make one wonder how did Adolph Hitler grow to have so much power; did anyone step up to fight against this before it broke out into war and what could have been done to prevent this from happening. At the end of the first World War Germany
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1. Re-militarisation of Rhineland Germany * The Rhineland area had been a key industrial region of Germany‚ producing coal‚ steel and iron resources. * One of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles was that the Germans would not be able to keep military forces in a 50km stretch of the Rhineland‚ in order to protect France from the invasion of Germany. * Hitler resented this term as it made Germany vulnerable to invasion. * He was determined to enlarge his military capability and strengthen
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Democratic Republic (GDR) as a possibility‚ as well as to stabilize relations with the opposing side during the postwar period. The main aspects of Ostpolitik were the five treaties signed from 1970-1972; the treaties between the FRG‚ USSR‚ Poland‚ Czechoslovakia and the GDR‚ especially the Mosc and then the Four Power Agreement on Berlin. Brandt’s aims were mainly achieved through the negotiation of treaties. The main treaty that this policy represented for the FRG was the Moscow Treaty‚ as it looked
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As one might expect from activist groups‚ their focus is on civic engagement‚ demanding not the mere consumption of history‚ but citizens taking active roles to determine how and what is remembered. Undoubtedly‚ the need to break with civic passivity "inspired by communism" emphasizes both the discursive transfer of knowledge and the opportunities for incarnated experiences of "normal" life during communism. The latter involves commemorative performances‚ such as queuing to buy bananas in socialist-style
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The Treaty of Versailles was not a justified treaty which created German feelings of revenge and dislike towards the victorious countries. This feeling of revenge felt by Germany‚ in addition with the social atmosphere of Europe‚ led to a second World War in the September of 1939‚ just 11 years after the first World War. People at the time published reports on the unfairness of the treaty. America never ratified the treaty but Britain and France still enforced it. Germany had no choice but to sign
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