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    prepare the war outside of their country. By doing this‚ Germany could prevent an internal political war by which the ruling politicians‚ in this case Kaiser Wilhelm II and chancellor Bethmann Hollweg‚ were feared to lose their political powers as the German Socialist Power came to rise. Therefore they directed all their political attention to the foreign politics and became the aggressor in the eyes of historians such as Fischer. By starting the

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    of history‚ it was the force that made Germany so powerful‚ and made it possible for a man like Adolf Hitler to gain total control of it. 2. Adolf Hitler - a madman and political genius‚ Adolf Hitler re-ignited the Prussian militarism after the German defeat in World War 1‚ and with this great power under his total control‚ he started the greatest and cruelest war in history‚ in his planned attempt to vastly expand Germany and to dominate the entire world. 3. Appeasement - Britain and France

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    Italian & German Unification The unification of Italy and the unification Germany happened about the same time. Italy was made up of small city-states and Germany was divided as well. The emerging leader in Italy who pushed for unification was a gentleman named Count Camillo Benso de Cavour. In Germany it was a gentleman named Otto Von Bismarck. Cavour and Bismarck had some similar and different methods for unification. Ultimately‚ Cavour and Bismarck were successful in unifying their own areas

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    shattered when Austria-Hungary annexed the state. Russia intervened; she wanted to expand her influence in the Balkans and aided Serbia. On the other hand‚ Germany‚ who promoted Pan-Germanism‚ openly supported Austria-Hungary’s annexation. Due to the German intervention‚ Russia and Serbia were forced to accept and recognize their territorial claim. Serbia’s irredentism hopes were crushed‚ and the Serbians gradually grew hostile towards Austria-Hungary. The above incident was known as the Bosnian Crisis

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    terms of unification between the 39 individual ‘German’ states and monarchies. Between the years 1815 to 1848‚ ‘Germany’ as one individual country still didn’t exist‚ and ’’German’ people continued to lack nationalist sentiment and liberalist views not until the end of 1848‚ a period when a series of ’German’ revolutions took place. In 1815‚ the ’German’ political system was heavily influenced by Metternich and Austria‚ and there was still no clear ’German’ borders as all of the 39 states formed by the

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    1. Bismarck’s Legacy German Unification Germany was a new country‚ which had emerged from nationalism. However in 1800 there had been 400 states which were known as the Holy Roman Empire – each with its own ruler. After the Napoleonic Wars‚ the Holy Roman Empire came to an end and the number of states reduced to 39 which became known as the German Confederation in 1815. Prussia and Austria (the two most powerful states) competed for leadership of the confederation. Prussia in 1834 set up a

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    INTRODUCTION The battleship Bismarck was named in honour of Otto Fürst von Bismarck‚ the architect of German unification and the arbiter of European politics during the second half of the 19th century. Bismarck‚ also known as the "Iron Chancellor"‚ was the founder and first chancellor of the German Empire‚ and through his diplomatic skills‚ he managed to maintain the peace in Europe for a generation. EARLY LIFE AND CAREER Otto von Bismarck was born on 1 April 1815 at Schönhausen in Brandenburg

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    establishment of the Second German Empire in 1870-1871. The Prime Minister‚ Clemenceau was the Mayor of Paris during the siege of 1870-1871‚ where the inhabitants were forced to hunt the local rat population for food. France was also humiliated at the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine. France therefore wanted the harshest penalties on the Germans‚ and wanted money to help to rebuild the cities‚ and coal to compensate for the coal and iron ore extracted from Northern France by the Germans‚ and to prevent a recurrence

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    Growth/Failure of German Nationalism 1815 – 1850 Timeline of Events 1815 – End of the Napoleonic Wars and creation of the Deutscher Bund (German Confederation) 1817 – Wartburg Festival 1818 – Formation of the Zollverein 1819 – Carlsbad Decrees 1848 – Revolutions in Europe (including Austria and Prussia) 1848/9 – Frankfurt Parliament 1849 – Erfurt Union (League of the Three Kings) 1850 – Treaty of Olmutz Essay Plans There are three basic types of essay question

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    the Deutscher Bund was created which include all 39 German states‚ but this was not a united Germany. By 1850‚ there had been several attempts to united Germany but all failed and Germany remained divided. WHY DID THEY FAIL- LINE OF ARGUMENT – FACTORS Austria opposition Prince Metternich (Austrian Minister) was strongly opposed to German nationalism and was a major obstacle to the unification of Germany‚ as Austria was one of the leading German states and Austria held the Presidency of the Bund

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