to it and many events during the war. The Franco-Prussian War had problems in the background of the war and had many details about how it led up to the war. For example‚ in 1866 when Prussia defeated Austria‚ Prussia became the main power of the German
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Second French Empire and a number of German states. These included the North German Confederation (made up of Prussia and many other northern German states). Bavaria‚ Baden‚ Wurttemburg‚ Hesse-Darnstadt. The war began due to a number of reasons: ranging from the fact that France worried that Prussia would expand too far and simply because Prussia wished to bring an end to France. Another crucial reason was the fact that Prussia had already annexed many northern German states and Prussia had a chance of
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have reasonable successes. For example‚ the introduction of his new tariff law of 1902. By restoring a higher duty on imported goods‚ von Bulow hoped to encourage people to buy German produced wheat. This act proved highly important in creating the alliance of “rye and steel”; (between the Junkers and industrialists) German leaders had so eagerly been seeking. Other of von Bulow’s reforms
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manage to show their authority from early on. Several smaller reasons to why the Central Powers lost also need to be taken into consideration. Britain tried to block German ports and trade routes‚ making it difficult for them to acquire weapons‚ ammunition‚ transport and food from other countries. Considering that the Germans were already exhausted by the war‚ because of the fact that they did not expect a long-term war. To add to that‚ there was not a lot the other Central Powers could do to
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I agree Germany were aggressive but their actions were not completely responsible for the outbreak of war‚ there were other causes for the war which Germany were not responsible for‚ such as the Triple of Entente where Germany felt isolated and insecure. However‚ the Schlieffen Plan of 1905 referred to in sources 1 and 2 is frequently seen as an act of aggression. In source 1 Corrigan says that “Germany had in place a plan for an aggressive war” because they were concerned of having to fight Russia
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Language Shift and Purism: A Comparative Analysis By Michael A. Haedicke Since Gal’s (1979) pioneering study of the phenomenon‚ a number of researchers have considered language shift in communities around the world. Language shift occurs when a group of bilinguals loses or gives up one of their languages‚ usually the language of their ancestors. Most of these studies follow Gal’s lead by analyzing language shift as “an instance of socially motivated linguistic change”
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influential and powerful political character of modern Germany. After victorious wars with Denmark‚ France and Austria on January 18th‚ 1871 a new German Empire‚ which included the southern Germany states‚ was built. The King of Prussia became German Emperor. Bismarck was awarded the title of Prince and was appointed as Reichskanzler and his main aim was to unify German states under Prussian role. When added to his Prussian positions (premier‚ foreign minister‚ and minister of commerce) the imperial chancellorship
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Unification of Germany Example Essays. Bismarck Master Planner or Opportunist? | | | | |Bismarck later declared that he had carefully planned unification of Germany in 5 clear | | |steps from 1862. He said that he had planned: 1.To Obtain Russian Neutrality; 2.To trick | |
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Wilhelm II at the forefront‚ a Prussian modelled Germany would never have existed. German nationalism would arguably have received a setback as Austria‚ a country of several different nationalities – would have been unable to adopt a policy of nationalism. Doubtless‚ a loose confederation in Germany would have followed‚ but with Prussia as only a minor power. The 1870 battle with France could have been avoided and Franco-German relations would have stayed intact (avoiding fifty years of hatred). Prussia
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(13c.AD) Old Danish(13c.AD) Old Swedish (13c.AD) 3. West G.( Ingvaeones‚ Istaevones‚ Herminones): Anglian Frisian Langobardian Jutish Saxon Franconian High German: -Alemanic -Thüringian -Swabian -Bavarian OE (7c. AD) Old Saxon (9c. AD) OHG (8c. AD) Old Dutch (12c. AD) II- Modern Lang. 1.West Germ. English German Dutch Flamish Frisian Yiddish Afrikaans 2. North G. L. Icelandic Norwegian Danish Swedish Faroese 3. East G.L. - extinct Characteristics 1. All
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