to Henig (2002)‚ another cause of the first World War was the Franco-Prussian War. The war between France and Prussia (the future German Empire) that lasted from 1870 to 1871 ended with a humiliating defeat for France. It lost the regions of Alsace and Lorraine‚ and was forced to pay a huge indemnity to Prussia. The Franco-Prussian War led to creation of a powerful German
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von Bismarck and Bismarckian Germany has undergone extensive transformation‚ as historians have had access to a wider variety of sources and evidence‚ and have held differing social and political presuppositions influencing their portrayal of the German unifier. The changing historical interpretations can be seen over time‚ as differing contexts and sources influence the portrayal‚ as early interpretations of Bismarck from the 1870s to the 1920s portrayed Bismarck as a man in charge and as a necessity
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defense pacts drew in the allies of the warring nations including France‚ Belgium‚ Great Britain‚ Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire among others. In May 17‚ 1915 a German submarine‚ or U-boat‚ sank the British passenger liner Lusitania without warning‚ killing 1198 people on board‚ including 128 American citizens. Germans asserted‚ correctly‚ that the ship carried war materials for the allies. Americans were outraged. Germany temporarily halted submarine warfare to avoid bringing the United
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There’s a reason Otto Eduard Leopold‚ or more commonly known as Otto von Bismarck‚ is nicknamed the Iron Chancellor. His impacts on both national German/Prussian and international history are arguably second to none throughout all of history. The Iron Chancellor’s impact can still be seen and still continue to influence the world today‚ which truly shows how large his significance on history is. His military and political victories strengthened Germany into a global world power which lasted for almost
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the German states during 1848. Both liberals and radicals were dissatisfied with the lack of freedom that the government offered them. The assembly in Frankfurt was a gathering of elected representatives from Prussia‚ Austria‚ and all the Germanic states to discuss the creation of a unified Germany. Most of the delegates were lawyers‚ professors‚ or administrators‚ and most were also moderate liberals. At the assembly‚ questions about nationality generated a lot of contention. Which Germans would
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is spoken in Spain‚ North America‚ Central America‚ and South America. En veinte países‚ el español es la lengua oficial. 417 millones de personas hablan español. Hay 311 lenguas que son hablan en los Estados Unidos. Some are Spanish‚ English‚ German‚ French‚ Arabic‚ and Italian. 62 languages are spoken in Mexico today. Some conclusions we can draw are that North America is an extremely diverse continent and that a large population speaks more than 1 language. The different regions of the Americas
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wage. Another aspect that added greatly to the up surging or nativism in America was the World Wars. With the rise of the Kaiser and the Nazi party Americans became more and more anti-German. American opinion of Germany was already ill-disposed‚ but was further inflamed against the Kaiser and Germany when a German
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familial background. I simply thought that‚ culturally wise‚ I was just a German/American; my mom was a first generation from German and my father was a many generation from who knows where. I have fondness for both the German flag‚ as well as the American flag‚ though growing up I was careful who I told about my half German ethnicity after being asked if I was a Nazi one too many times. It was nice knowing information about German beyond that of World War II and the Nazi’s‚ to be able to understand that
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plan. Ideally the plan was to have the German forces outnumber the French and win their battle. Then have them use the train tracks to quickly move over to the eastern front and fight Russia. The original plan was to have most of the German troops march through Belgium and the Netherlands to Northern France. They knew this would cause Britain enter the war because that would be invading a neutral zone‚ being Belgium. Aside from the British part‚ the German troops were
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Western Front. The 5th Division was the first to encounter the Germans on 19 July 1916 in a small but bloody engagement at
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