Why did Revolutions break out in Germany and Italy in 1848? The "Spring of Nations"‚ which consisted in the popular uprisings and revolutions that occurred in 1848‚ was caused by a series of factors which included social‚ economical and government crisis. Although these problems were serious and well eradicated‚ the major factor that caused these revolts was the rise of nationalist and liberalist ideas.
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Explain how defeat in the Great War affected Germany between 1918 and 1923 In 1871 following defeat in the Franco-Prussian war Alsace-Lorraine and Prussia became part of Germany forming a bigger state. Germany had everything it needed after this including the second largest population in all of Europe and an incredibly strong industry. Germany had the strongest army in the world in 1914 consisting of 2‚200‚000 men. Before the Great War in 1914 Germany was ruled by Kaiser Wilhelm
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A War of Fear‚ Aggression and Evolution There are endless accounts of the Great War. Different views from various angles of thought. Although it seems universal that most historians agree all the participants in Europe at the time expected a short war. Tensions were rising everywhere. Public statements from Empires relating to others as well as prior conflicts had already taken a toll on most nations’ collective psyche in Europe. This greatly affected how they would plan their future strategies
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AP U.S. History/1st period 9 January 2014 The War of Northern Aggression Since the end of the American Civil War it has long been thought of as a war of freedom. The victorious Union declared that they were fighting to free the slaves in the South. However‚ in fact‚ the Civil War was actually a major breaking point in American History because it was really a power struggle between the old and the new. The new‚ just as it had done in the previous generations‚ was replacing the old and was using
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United States‚ Italy‚ and Germany in the 19th century. The fall of Napoleon in the early 19th century had awoken a spirit of nationalism and sparked the unification of many countries around the world. The Congress of Vienna restored territories conquered by Napoleon‚ but it distributed land in ways that methodically kept certain territorial areas from uniting to form large‚ possibly powerful countries. Nonetheless‚ people across Europe fought for unification. For some – like Italy – unification
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For the War guilt and the reparations‚ they were hit badly in the economy‚ and the Germans were not happy about this. The next‚ the Military Restrictions‚ they were dissatisfied because they were vulnerable to attack‚ and felt threatened. The loss of territory hit Germany hard in another way‚ it hit them hard patriotically. This demoralised the German public for they had lost territory‚ they had lost parts of their country and this affected them much. The war guilt clause meant that Germany was fully
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The Defeat of the Central Powers In World War I the Central Powers side consisted of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and eventually Turkey. Throughout the war Germany had to come to its weak allies’ rescue during battle. Therefore Germany assumed the leadership position of the Central Powers. Germany continually brought havoc onto itself and its allies by making poor decisions throughout the First World War. The most significant decisions made by Germany that led to the defeat of the Central Powers were
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The Occupation of Japan lasted from 1945-1953 and the leader was… the famous Douglas MacArthur. From his beginnings in Little Rock‚ Arkansas to his heroic actions in the 2 World Wars he was one of the greatest generals of all time. The occupation was considered an Allied-led mission to “disarm” Japan and prevent them from remilitarizing. And while their military was totally dismantled that wasn’t enough from MacArthur. He believed that Japan needed to be in “peace-like state” and he vastly changed
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a certain extent because there are some insignificant that Stresemann did and that Germany didn’t like it. The things that Stresemann did do for Germany is led the German people to be a part of the League of Nations. Also the French and British didn’t respect Germany and Stresemann showed them that German isn’t bad. Later on French and Britain showed respect to Germany. The things that Germany didn’t like is that it made Germany seem weak or not strong enough to defend themselves from French‚ other
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The World War I‚ known to many as the Great War or the War to End All Wars‚ was the world’s first global conflict leading to many casualties and with no point. WWI was one of the most deadliest wars in history with over 16 million people dead and the estimated amount of both military and civilian deaths total to about 37 million people. Unlike most wars‚ the first World War did not end with a country winning territory and ended up with political‚ economic‚ and social downfalls. The Balkan states
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