Impact of World War 1 on Germans and African Americans In the year 1790‚ the United Sates Census counted approximately 375 thousand people of the German origin. The number of the Germans immigration later increased after the year 1815. The occurrence of World War 1 during this period led to the increase in anti-German sentiments causing the German community to become invisible (Fiebig-von 33). The Germans were often met with accusations of being sympathetic about the German Empire. The war turned
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Germany to victory. Ludendorff- Appointed Chief-of-Staff to Hindenburg in 1914 Soldier of considerable ability‚ energy and enthusiasm. By the end of the war‚ Ludendorff was in effect‚ the wartime dictator of Germany and directed German military and political affairs. 4) No doubt that by the end of the war Ludendorff and Hindenburg became the ‘Silent dictator of Germany’ with power of the Emperor and Chancellor so weakened‚ the two main props of Bismarck’s constitution had been
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The naval arms race was the so called the Anglo-German arms race‚ between the Great Britain and Germany. In the early 20th century‚ a new generation of battleship was invented‚ the British ‘Dreadnought’. The arms race begun when the German navy responded to the British Dreadnought with their Nassau class in 1907‚ followed by the Helgoland class in 1909. 4 German ships were constructed in 1908‚ which made the British navy nervous‚ fearing that the German fleet would soon become invincible. Since than
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went to war mostly because of fear and not gain is first war declaration. This was caused by the Russian mobilization‚ which was a reaction to German aggression towards Prussia. Russia‚ however‚ was for now not going to precede any further then a mobilization. But fear and confusion led the Germans into the certainty that Russia is about to attack. German mobilization was then the obvious next step‚ and The Great War was about to
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Front War/Schlieffen Plan Alfred von Schlieffen‚ German Army Chief of Staff‚ was given instructions to come up with a strategy that would be able to stop a two-front war from happening. Schlieffen argued that if a war took place‚ it is important that France is quickly defeated. If this happened‚ Britain and Russia would be uninterested in carrying on fighting. The Plan included taking most of Germany’s army through Belgium and around the Franco-German Border‚ attacking Paris from behind and forcing
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Conservatism‚ Nationalism‚ and Prussification as driving forces of unification After the creation of the German Confederation‚ Otto von Bismarck‚ the Prussian representative in the union of German states‚ was determined to unite them into one single empire‚ with Prussia as its core. Prussia officially took over the rest of German sates by 1871‚ but in the meantime Bismarck implemented several internal and foreign policies to make that happen along with unification. After his speech on September
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will argue this point of a planned war blaming it almost solely on the part of the German Empire and bringing in the other side of the argument‚ that the First World War was the result of accident and miscalculation.
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Prussia gained it? Why‚ and to what extent‚ had Prussia replaced Austria as the leading power in the German Confederation by 1862? In what ways‚ and with what results between 1862 and 1871‚ was Germany unified under Prussia? Why was Germany unified under Prussia and not under Austria? To what extent was Germanys unification under Prussia due to the weakness of Austria? To what extent was German unification
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German Expressionism: “Nosferatu” vs. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” German expressionism is a movement that started post World War 1‚ and before the Second World War. It used a unique technique of shadowing and distinctive camera angles. The films during the movement told stories that mimicked the forbidding reality of the German’s life. For example‚ in “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari‚” the set design was painted to get the specific diagonals and claustrophobic atmosphere. Throughout the film‚ the
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he established the German empire and lead it as chancellor. As German chancellor‚ he won three wars and prevented wars in Europe for twenty years. Otto von Bismarck lead the German Empire very well and made it a great empire. Bismarck made Germany stand as one of the most powerful and great nations in Europe. The larger-than-life figure who presided over Germany’s rise was Otto von Bismarck‚ foreign minister and minister-president of Prussia during the 1860s‚ architect of German unification in 1871
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