December 18‚ 1916. It was one of the longest and largest battles of the World War. It was fought between the German and French armies. The battle was fought in Verdun-sur-Meuse in France. The Germans planned to capture the high points in Meuse so they could get an advantage. There is an estimate of 714‚231 casualties from this battle. 377‚231 of the casualties were French and 337‚000 of them were Germans. The Battle of Somme was also a very large battle in the beginning of World War I. It was also known
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what caused the First World War. Taylors views indicate he believes that the war can be blamed on Austria-Hungary‚ Germany and several key individuals‚ namely Count Berchtold the foreign minister of Austria-Hungary‚ German chancellor Bethmann Hollweg and Alfred Von Schlieffen a German strategist. Taylor believes that if these individuals acted differently the war could have been avoided. However‚ Taylor does not discuss the September Programme‚ outlining Germanys aim to create a ‘Mitteleuropa’ in
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credited with the unification of Germany. However‚ it can be argued that he deliberately fostered this myth‚ and that it was never his aim to begin with: he had not intended unification and was a Prussian patriot first. He distrusted Southern Catholic German states and feared the submergence of Prussia in a united Germany. Above all else‚ Bismarck was consistently concerned to uphold and extend the power of the Prussian state and king‚ and‚ to a lesser degree‚ to exclude Austria. He was brought in as
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to survive within the walls‚ in case of an attack. Old English resembles modern English‚ but not very closely. One must remember that old English was only a component of the languages that formed together to make modern English. Latin‚ Celtic and German were blended together and reformed over time to make today’s English. Christianity wasn’t always the main religion of ancient Britain. It only became truly popular and dominant after the romans had been ran out of Britain and the Germanic tribes
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Before the events of world war one the main European powers had made a series of alliances. The Triple alliance included Germany‚ Austria Hungary‚ Italy(later switching sides once the war starts) and the Ottoman empire. The Triple Entente included Britain‚ France‚ and Russia (1914-1917). These Alliances stated that in the event that one nation would be under attack‚ the other nation would aid them. These alliances systems set the groundwork for the events that would follow effectively dragging all
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is because the economic strength created by the rapid industrialisation enabled the creation of a powerful Prussia. It was under this powerful Prussia‚ with some skilful diplomacy and opportunism‚ that Germany was successfully united in the wars of German Unification. Without such economic development and prosperity‚ it is questionable whether Germany would have been united by 1871. On the other hand we must also consider the other factors and thus must address five key areas. The first of these is
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Sanaz M. Shaghaghi Period 3‚ APUSH 1/8/13 Irish and German Comparison The new world experienced high immigration rates of German and Irish decent during the 1830’s to 1860’s. Many comparable hardships were given to them which caused them to leave it all behind to hopefully find a future in the prosperous America. Both of these German and Irish races moved to America because they were forced to leave under harsh times and for economic prosperity. During this era almost more than half
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the World Power)‚ the German historian Fritz Fischer claims the Germans to have the main responsibility too. Other historians‚ like the australian Christopher Clarks disagree with this statement. In his
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Kleindeutsch (small Germany) took place in 1871 after Prussia defeated France. There is often historical debate over who was responsible for the unification of Germany. Controversy is caused amongst those who believe that Bismarck was fully responsible for German unification and those who believe other factors played an equally or even more important part. The historian Pflanze is an example of someone who considers Bismarck to be solely responsible‚ as opposed to Bohme‚ who gives full credit to economic factors
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You already know what the subject matter of our course is. Now our task is to find out who the first people who spoke Germanic languages were. These were ancient Germans – tall warlike blonds who spread all over Europe. After learning the second lecture you will be able to answer the following questions: - Where did ancient Germans live? - How did they live? - What were the main historic events in their life? - What languages did they speak? Tribe‚ dialect‚ migration‚ invasion 1.
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