were based around the need to keep France isolated and prevent this from happening. To achieve this aim he needed to keep on good terms with both Austria and Russia. This would prevent a two-front war in the future. The key in Bismarck’s view to German interests lay in good relations with Russia and Austria. As he said “you forget the importance of being a party of three on the European chessboard.” This would deprive France of a potential ally. This was a difficult task as Austria and Russia
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large‚ nationalistic population‚ meant the country was‚ overall‚ very powerful. However‚ it was faced with threats‚ including its geographic position in central Europe‚ which needed new tactics to forestall. Prior to his dismissal in 1890‚ The German Chancellor‚ Bismarck‚ was responsible for the formation of the majority of alliances. Bismarck was intent on keeping Germany as a unified country‚ which could only be achieved by assuring its safety from military defeat. The Iron Chancellor feared
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Firstly‚ after Olmutz‚ Schwarzenberg put forward his plans for an ‘Austrian-dominated middle Europe’ which would include 70 million people from all of the German states. This idea was not accepted among the smaller states and it would mean that their power would be decreased so that larger states‚ such as Austria‚ could increase in power. This meant that many states chose to support Prussia’s plan to return
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Militarism was typically an "arms race" and was a significant force led to the competition of military force between European countries. By 1914‚ Britain was a great military country especially strong in navy. The other European countries such as German‚ Russia‚ and France competed to build larger armies for protecting possible future attack from the other countries. Also‚ the
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eased the German reparations. Things were improving for Germany; Wall Street crash triggered the great depressions. Militarism and dictatorship was triggered. In 1929 thing changes. League of nations failed to prevent WWII from happening. The League of Nation was noble and took risks‚ yes it did not achieve peace but it cannot be blamed completely. Great Britain and France failed in enforcing the treaties signed in Paris. Problem in 1920: Insure Germany would disarm. In 1922 German allied with
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in my choice of Germany would be to learn their culture. I would start by going to a German pup and getting click wasted until I can dance as the Germans do. Next I would take a trip up to mountains and visit the yodelers‚ buy an outfit and yodel. The last thing I would do before I left would be to drive a car on the opposite side of the road‚ with no speed limit on the autobahn. The diets of the Germans consist of many strange things such as meat pies‚ bratwursts‚ pretzels‚ and sauerkraut
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is divided in five parts which are Economy‚ Society‚ Culture‚ the Realm of Politics‚ and World War I. Each part has numerous under parts giving the reader detailed information about each part. In addition‚ the author did tremendous research on the German Empire‚ founded by Otto von Bismarck in 1871 and lasting until the end of World War I‚ to clarify the broader outlines of the development between 1871 and 1918 and to explain why Germany went to war in 1914 and lost that conflict four years later
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Analyse the Causes of WW1 There were a number of causes that played a key role for WW1; however the most significant was The Alliance System due to the fact that it had the most direct impact on the war. In this essay I will explain how this specific historical event was the main cause of WW1. On top of that I will talk about how the other causes effected the decisions made and their impact at the time. The Alliance System was the most significant cause of WW1 due to the fact that all the great
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which reflect different political realities‚ the former is based on the principle of territoriality with Brussels‚ Flanders and Wallonia‚ while the latter was created on the premise of cultural and linguistic solidarity with the Flemish‚ Walloon and German-speaking Communities (Francard 2013: 29-30). The concept of Community as understood in the Belgian constitution is of particular relevance in the frame of this master thesis as communities are responsible for linguistic‚ cultural‚ and educational
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the cousin of King William of Prussia. Napolean III feared that German conquest of Spain would negatively influence the French in that providence. Bismarck‚ whose goal was to start a war announced the Ems dispatch. Bismarck made King Williams report open to the pubilic albeit he edited it to make it subdue the French into war and it worked. Because France initiated the war Bismarck was able to get the support of the Southern German states seeing as how Prussia would seem to be in a defensive position
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