To what extent did Austrian influence over Germany survive the upheavals of the years 1848-50? The revolutions of 1848-9 impacted Austria’s previously dominant political power significantly. With the Austrian chancellor Metternich fleeing from power in March 1848 and revolutions resulting in chaos that threatened the extinction of any future Austrian influence‚ the crippling state’s main focus was to supress anything that could jeopardize its weakened power even further‚ rather than establishing
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In Nazi Germany‚ women had very little rights compared to other women in democratic societies. In a democratic society‚ women had a less enforced traditional gender roles and had more freedom. During World War 1‚ women were recruited to work in jobs usually occupied by men. This was because most of the men who occupied that particular job often went to fight in the war‚ some of these jobs would include conductors‚ postal workers‚ police‚ and firefighters1. In Nazi Germany‚ women were forced into
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Arcesio Medina Cpl Jonathan Marks G2 MIC Analytical Paper 10 August 2016 Germany’s Downfall at the Battle of the Bulge Germany’s lack of preparation The third reason the offensive failed was for lack of supplies. Fuel was especially the resource the offensive (any offensive) depended on‚ and as soon as the weather improved (a couple of weeks into the offensive) Allied planes struck German supply depots and storage facilities‚ convoys and trains at will. Without that fuel‚ German panzers were
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Nazi Germany fervently tried to restore and instill traditional values‚ giving men and women separate and distinct roles with the usage of propaganda to promote their message. Women‚ of course‚ were a necessity to Hitler’s vision of an Aryan world‚ as they were the key to the continuation of the lineage that Nazi Germany strived to keep alive and pure. In the same manner‚ Nazi Anti-Feminism actively demonized women from being independent and career driven by advocating them to marry‚ start families
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prejudice‚ stemming from the idea of Jews as a distinct race. In Germany theories of Aryan racial superiority and charges of Jewish domination in the economy and politics in addition with other anti-Jewish propaganda led to the rise of anti-Semitism. This growth in anti-Semitic belief led to Adolf Hitler’s rise to power and eventual extermination of nearly six million Jews in the holocaust of World War II. Jewish emancipation in Germany dates from 1867 and became law in Prussia on July 3‚ 1869. Despite
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and ideals were in order to unify the German states or gain power for Prussia. As the text stated on page 663‚ Bismarck used a type of politics now referred to as “Realpolitik” in order to gain and maintain his political status within Prussia and Germany itself. Eventually basic rights‚
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Germany 1918 – 1939 1. The Weimer Republic * Emergence of the Democratic republic and the Impact of the Treaty of Versailles * REVOLUTION AND THE BIRTH OF THE WEIMER REPUBLIC * October 2nd 1918: Reichstag (parliament) informed GR couldn’t win war * Prince Max von Baden: became chancellor‚ brought Social Democratic Party (SDP) majority socialists into his cabinet hoped to maintain monarchy * Allies wouldn’t sign Armistice until Kaiser no longer ruled. * October 28 1918:
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Scholarship program to spend a year in Germany living‚ learning‚ and experiencing life in another land. The life skills and memories that I acquired in the past twelve months have put me a step ahead of my peers and shown me that if I put my mind to it‚ anything is possible. In October 2002 as I was sitting in my first year German class‚ my teacher recommended that I apply for what she called the ’prestigious’ Congress Bundestag Scholarship to spend a year in Germany. Taking into consideration that I
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The Treaty of Versailles consisted of three main points. These points were: 1.German loss of territory Germany lost territory both in Europe and Africa. In Europe‚ Germany lost territory in the north to set up new states in Poland‚ Lithuania‚ Estonia‚ and Latvia. Germany had annexed these states from Russia just a year earlier. German land in East Prussia‚ Posten and Upper Silesia was also taken away and given to Poland‚ giving the Poles access to the sea. The Rhineland was demilitarised as a buffer
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GERMANY AFTER WORLD WAR II The reconstruction of Germany was a long process. After World War II‚ Germany had suffered heavy losses‚ both in lives and industrial power. 7.5 million Germans had been killed‚ roughly 11 percent of the population (see also World War II casualties). The country’s cities were severely damaged from heavy bombing in the closing chapters of the War and agricultural production was only 35 percent of what it was before the war. At the Potsdam conference‚ the victorious Allies
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