WHY DID GERMANY LOSE WW1 Germany lost WW1 due to a variety of military‚ socio-economic & political‚ and strategic reasons. The war itself continued for 4 years‚ inflicting various casualties and economic hardships on Germany. The most important reason why Germany lost WW1 were its incompetence to carry out it’s various strategies – originating from the first strategic failure‚ the failure of the Schlieffen Plan. The military incompetence of Germany on land and in sea was also an important
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monarch but he did reign like one‚ wanting all power for himself. He is quoted saying that: “I can no longer obey; I have tasted command and I cannot give it up.” This shows that he knew that he could not reign along with other directors and wanted all power for himself. This was against the one of the ideals of the directory and the terror. On top of this‚ Robespierre was against giving the army a lot of power because he believed this could result in a take-over: exactly what Napoleon did. Napoleon
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A Biography on Klimt From around 1900 until his death in 1918‚ Gustav Klimt dominated the art scene in the capital empire of Austro-Hungary. He was born on July 14‚ 1962 in Baumgarten‚ near Vienna. Gustav Klimt was the second of seven children of a meticulous but poor engraver and carver. His brother Ernest‚ who could have been as talented as Gustav had he not died so young‚ worked with his brother until death. His brother Georg was a talented sculptor‚ carver and designer who made many of
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Gustav Courbet was a realism painting that challenged the Paris Salon by depicting scenes of mundane daily life on a large scale. The Paris Salon was prestigious and highly competitive and getting accepted into it meant receiving approval from the highest art academia. Previously paintings of daily life‚ referred to as genre paintings‚ were expected to be small‚ whereas larger format paintings were reserved for topics such as historical or religious paintings. Courbet contradicted the expectation
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Germany Invades Poland The surprise attack took place on September 1‚ 1939. The German invasion of Poland was the newest strategy called the lightning war. Germany used fast-moving airplanes and tanks. The invasion ended on April 9‚ 1940. Fall of France/ Dunkirk In France of May 1940‚ Hitler sent many soldiers to France. The Germans killed and wounded many soldiers. France tried to go to Dunkirk but they were trapped by the Germans in sea. But then Great Britain came and sent 850 ships to rescue
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Gustav Klutsis‚ most famous for the Soviet propaganda works he created up until his death‚ was a trailblazing artist and major member of the Constructivist avant-garde movement during the early 20th century. He experimented with many diverse medias‚ most notably being the photomontage. However‚ one has to wonder what inspired Klutsis to produce political art for the Soviet state for the entirety of his life. To further understand Klutsis’ devotion to the Soviet state‚ one must acknowledge his past
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faith to increase its own wealth. Source 1 agrees with this view ‘The bishops… take a tenth part of everything’ this illustrates that the Church was willingly taking the wealth of the people into its own wallets and the source further explains exactly how they used faith to take money from the people ‘Poor wives must be accountable for every tenth egg or be taken as a heretic.’ This demonstrates that those who didn’t obey the Church’s taxation were seen as unfaithful ‘heretics’ thus forcing the faithful
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moves can reduce the costs of R&D today without sacrificing tomorrow’s growth. How Open Innovation Can Help You Cope in Lean Times by Henry W. Chesbrough and Andrew R. Garman • Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea 2 How Open Innovation Can Help You Cope in Lean Times Reprint R0912F SPOTLIGHT ON INNOVATION How Open Innovation Can Help You Cope in Lean Times The Idea in Brief • During tough economic times‚ placing
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German Foreign Policy International Relations 1871 - 1914 Part 1 1 Background Unification of Germany The Congress of Vienna at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 redrew the map of Europe and established the Confederation of German States (39 of them) which were under the control of Austria-Hungary. 2 Germany 1815 3 German Unification Prussia‚ the largest of these states‚ wanted to end Austrian domination and unite the states into a new German Empire under her own
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Credit Recovery Biology Unit 6: History of Life on Earth Unit 6 section 3 part 1: The Paleozoic: Time of Ancient Life The Paleozoic: The Time of Ancient Life The term Paleozoic means the time of ancient ______________. Cambrian Explosion is the sudden appearance of a tremendous array of ___________life. The Paleozoic ended in the greatest mass extinction in the world________. The Earth’s crust is made of various-sized ___________. Plates are in motion relative to each other at a rate
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