Why did the treaty of Versailles cause so much bitterness in Germany? The Treaty of Versailles caused so much bitterness in Germany because they thought that the treaty was harsh. One of the reasons was because they didn’t feel that they should take the majority of the blame for starting the war (clause 231) Germany had to accept blame ‘for causing all the loss and damage’ of the war. They also had to accept the loss of territories and colonies; this was a major blow to Germany’s pride and to its
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that might explain why the Nazis eventually became the biggest power in Germany. I will also consider some of the evidence that could be used to justify these reasons. Hitler always made a big deal of how bad he thought democracy was. The way a lot of Germans actually saw it was that ‘he dislikes what I dislike‚ he can’t be that bad’ in terms of democracy causing a lot of Germans to vote for Hitler and his way to take Germany forward in its future. German politicians seemed unable to tackle the problems
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John Jamieson Nazi Germany Book Review Professor Gregory Parsons In Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy‚ Eric D. Weitz provides a strong narrative of what life was like immediately following the First World War in the Weimar Republic. Weitz sub title Promise and Tragedy is the most accurate phrase possible to describe Germany at that time in history. This being sad because of how relatively unstable Germany was‚ following the war. Although Weitz’s writing can be very dull and drawn out‚ a reader
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on France once Russia started to mobilise their forces near the German border. Germany was to create a small holding on Russia while most of the German army went to invade France‚ this was known as The Two Front War. German’s would have to move quickly through Belgium in order for this Plan to work. After they defeated France‚ the rest of the German troops would move back and invade Russia. On August 3‚ 1914 Germany declared war on France‚ and around the same time they also demanded the right of
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propaganda was used to increase support for the war. It lent out a huge helping hand to the ones who used it- mainly Germany. Propaganda spewed up hatred for the opposing side‚ and made the side who was using it seem superiorly greater. With that being said‚ propaganda gave a lot of “hype”‚ if one will‚ to Germany. Joseph Goebbels had been put in charge of propaganda in Germany soon after Hitler took power. His goals with the use of propaganda were to alienate the Americans and British from each
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More than just a book‚ The Reader reminds that the concepts of guilt and responsibility are not clear-cut ideas‚ and even more so during the Nuremberg Trials. Guilt is simply one of the many human emotions‚ but the feeling of guilt is unique to everyone and there is no one meaning for guilt. Though guilt is such a strong feeling‚ judgments must not be made simply on how "guilty" one feels for their actions. If that is so‚ then Hanna would never have gone to jail at all. Judgments should instead be
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IB 20th Century World History- Weeks 7-10 Background Information President Roosevelt heavily supported a declaration of war with Germany to preserve the European balance of power. Wilson aimed towards American isolationism Wilsonian Idealism World War I 1914-1919 World War II 1939-1945 The Treaty of Versailles “The Big Three”- Clemenceau of France‚ Woodrow Wilson of the United States of America‚ and David Lloyd George of England‚ along with Orlando of Italy Reduction of national armaments
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Why did Hitler become Dictator of Germany? by carelle.t With in this essay I will be using five main points; The Reichstag fire‚ the March 1933 elections‚ enabling law‚ night of the long knives and Hindenburg’s death‚ that helped Hitler become the dictator of Germany‚ to expand on why precisely he became dictator of Germany. In my opinion‚ from my five main points I think that the enabling act was the most significant reason why Hitler became a dictator because it allowed his ‘rise to power’ to
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‘In the years before WW1 Germany was progressing towards an effective democracy’ how far do you agree? Germany before WW1 had a climate that possible could have led them to follow democracy. After all the biggest party in Reichstag was a democratic party and there was a constitution. Along with this the voting system was fairly progressed giving votes to most men and turnouts for these elections had increased showing political participation to be increasing along with general interest in politics
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How far do you agree that the Reichstag fire handed Germany to Hitler? On the 27th February 1933‚ the Reichstag building was burned down. Hitler was able to take advantage of this. The Reichstag fire was very important it was a step in Hitler becoming fuhrer of Germany. The communists were his closest competition in the election‚ and he made it look like it was a communist plot‚ and was able to go and have the members of the communist party arrested and killed‚ of course all for the good of the
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