The war started mainly from four conditions: Militarism‚ Alliances‚ Imperialism‚ and Nationalism. Austria- Hungary declares war on Serbia. Austria then declares war on Russia. Germany declares war on Russia. Two days later Germany declares war on France. Later‚ Great Britain declares war on Germany. Alliances were formed‚ Germany and Austria-Hungary were known as the Central Powers. On the other side‚ United states‚ Great Britain‚ France‚ and Russia were known as the Allied powers. Japan joined the
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central powers time to reflect on the effects of the war throughout Europe. Before the start of the war in 1914 countries promoted the idea that war was a great thing and to fight for your country was very honourable. But‚ by 1918 people across Europe saw for the first time how horrible war actually was. Where‚ in the past‚ people had only been exposed to the idea of war by the pro-war propaganda of various governments‚ Europeans were now experiencing war through fighting‚ the death of friends and family
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World War II was the most deadly war in the history of man-kind‚ resulting in over 70 million deaths world wide ("BY THE NUMBERS: WORLD-WIDE DEATHS:.”). The start of World War II begins with the end of War World I. Constraints placed on the Central Powers by the victorious Allied Powers at the end of World War I in the form of the Treaty of Versailles‚ induced world wide peril. The Treaty of Versailles put many restrictions on Germany‚ such as forfeiting of colonies‚ reduction in military personnel
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Emergence of the Democratic Republic and the Impact of the Treaty of VersaillesThe Establishment of a Democratic Government By September 1919‚ the German High Command had realised that the war was lost‚ and established a more democratic government. This was done so that the Allies might be more lenient in forming a peace treaty‚ particularly as democracy was essential under US President Wilson ’s Fourteen Points‚ and the Germans felt that a peace arranged by the US would be better for Germany than
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How important was Woodrow Wilson in determining the terms of the treaty of Versailles? Woodrow Wilson was part of the big 3. The big three was made up of the Wilson (USA)‚ Clemenceau (France)‚ and Lloyd George (Britain¬) and they were who dominated the January 1919 peace conference held in Paris. As Wilson was a very religious man‚ his aim was simply to create peace; he was trying to create a treaty that would be the end of all wars. However he noticed that his allies would have preferred the terms
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the 1930’s the clouds of war were forming. Dictators arose in countries that were dissatisfied with the results of World War I. Germany‚ Italy‚ and Japan took aggressive actions‚ and neither the League of Nations nor the democratic countries were able or willing to stop them. British Prime Minister Chamberlain suggested the best way to deal with Hitler was the policy of appeasement. Actions were taken that moved Europe toward war. The debate over the causes of World War II provides different perspectives
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Consequences of the Treaty of Versailles November Criminals The November criminals were the German politicians responsible for signing the treaty of Versailles. Hitler said this as propaganda to make the German citizens hate the Wiemar Democracy and there for turn to Nazism. He told them that the November Criminals betrayed Germany by signing the treaty. Spartacist Revolt The Spartacists were a group of communists named after Spartacus‚ who led a revolt of slaves against the Romans in
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forced him to sign the treaty. Furthermore‚ Dwight D. Eisenhower also supported Truman’s acts against communism. He created this concept called the Domino Theory which stated that if South Vietnam were to fall into the hands of Viet Minh‚ the neighboring
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Causes of the Second World War I believe Hitler’s actions and the appeasement that followed it are the key reasons for the outbreak of World War 2.Hitler’s foreign policy was firstly German need more Lebensraum and secondly to unite all German speaking people under one Reich in a Pan-German Empire. He did this in 2 phases: Phase 1 - 1933-1937 – Cautious Expansion Phase 2 - 1937-1939 – Aggressive Expansion Phase 1: In 1933 Hitler
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Name_______________________________________ Date____________________________ DBQ 21: Causes of World War II (Adapted from Document-Based Assessment for Global History‚ Walch Education) Historical Context: Even though the 1920’s began with a favorable outlook for peace‚ toward the end of the decade and throughout the 1930’s the clouds of war were forming. Dictators arose in countries that were dissatisfied with the results of World War I. Germany‚ Italy and Japan took aggressive actions‚ and neither the League of
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