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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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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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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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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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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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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