democratic for the tradition of the Hohenzollern monarchy. He wanted to create a modern‚ bureaucratic state that would be strong and secular” (Merriman p. 663). I wanted to begin with this quote to demonstrate the sort of mission statement of Otto von Bismarck. I felt it important to understand what his ideas 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
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In 1905 General Count Alfred von Schlieffen created The Schlieffen Plan. The Schlieffen Plan was the operational plan for the attack 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
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“War is thus an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will.” The United States issued an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein: leave Kuwait by 15 January1991 or face a full attack by the multinational force. This is what war is about. Carl von Clausewitz writings on the theory of war‚ especially his developed paradoxical trinity‚ center of gravity (COG)‚ and concept of friction shaped military leaders in their preparation‚ planning and conduct of warfare in operation Desert Storm in 1991. This US-led
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There’s a reason Otto Eduard Leopold‚ or more commonly known as Otto von Bismarck‚ is nicknamed the Iron Chancellor. His impacts on both national German/Prussian and international history are arguably second to none throughout all of history. The Iron Chancellor’s impact can still be seen and still continue to influence the world today‚ which truly shows how large his significance on history is. His military and political victories strengthened Germany into a global world power which lasted for almost
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Discuss the importance of von Thunen theory in our appreciation of rural geography The Von Thunen model of agricultural land use was created by farmer and amateur economist J.H. Von Thunen (1783-1850) in 1826 (but it wasn ’t translated into English until 1966). Von Thunen ’s model was created before industrialization it mean it was created in a rural environment concept and is based on the following limiting assumptions: The city is located centrally within an "Isolated State" which is self
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Humoristische Karte von Europa im Jahre 1914 The cartoon impression of Europe shows a facial expression for each country on the map. There a 6 main forces: Germany‚ Italy‚ Austria- Hungary‚ Russia‚ England and France The German has a war helmet over his head‚ to show he is protected. He is full stretched and has the Frenchman by the throat and is beating aside the Russian bear. You can tell this is easy for the German as he is smiling. Its in the centre of all the controversy so it can fight
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Conservatism‚ Nationalism‚ and Prussification as driving forces of unification After the creation of the German Confederation‚ Otto von Bismarck‚ the Prussian representative in the union of German states‚ was determined to unite them into one single empire‚ with Prussia as its core. Prussia officially took over the rest of German sates by 1871‚ but in the meantime Bismarck implemented several internal and foreign policies to make that happen along with unification. After his speech on September
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How did Cpt. Von Schell Influence his Men? The mental state of a soldier can be influenced by many variables. One of the more controllable variables is the commanding officer. In Battle Leadership‚ Von Schell outlined two ways he influenced his men. He instilled a sense of security‚ whether it was a false sense did not matter. He also gave them opportunities to be active‚ and in a way‚ let them control their actions. A third influence on his men’s mental state was not his doing‚ but random
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The Prussian Baron von Steuben‚ being a newcomer to the Revolutionary cause in America‚ was in a position to see many of the deficiencies in military discipline and their causes. The reasons for his unique insight may have been due to the fact that he was distanced from the revolutionary ideals in America‚ and as a result‚ was able to better observe and understand them; and ultimately use them to shape his new and successful form of discipline in the Continental Army. Most of the commanders
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is Wrong” is most people assumes success and failures as complete opposites‚ but “they are both products of the same process”. According to Roger Von Oech‚ almost everyone‚ from an early age‚ are taught that right answers are good and wrong answers are bad; especially if you went to school. People learn that doing mistakes and errors is wrong. Roger Von Oech says that with a fail or succeed attitude‚ people aren’t going to be taking up many chances. With an attitude like this they aren’t going to
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