1. The Versailles settlement quickly gained a reputation as ‘a Carthaginian peace’. What was meant by this‚ and was it a fair and accurate assessment. The Versailles Peace Treaty was signed in June 1919 after the First World War by the victorious Allies and defeated Germany and was intended to punish Germany for what was seen as her war guilt and to prevent her from becoming powerful enough again to disturb European peace. It was called a Carthaginian peace in the first instance by Jan Smuts
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The policy of appeasement was widely pursued by Britain and France in the 1930s‚ when it referred to attempting to satisfy Germany’s demands by negotiation and compromise‚ which would avoid war. However due to its failure the policy of appeasement‚ to a large extent was responsible for the outbreak of war in 1939. It is clear that if the Western Powers had retaliated against Hitler‚ war could have been avoided‚ it encouraged Hitler‚ Hitler could never be appeased‚ and that it prompted the Nazi-Soviet
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How Far Was Stresemann Responsible For The Recovery of The Weimar Republic? 1923 was an extremely crucial time for Germany with a great shift in culture‚ economy and government. It was falling apart; the German economy had collapsed due to the striking between German workers and French occupiers. Hyperinflation rose so much that the German people were forced to using suitcases and wheelbarrows to carrying money not to mention the fact that the collapse of the currency caused even more havoc
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History – Hitler’s Foreign Policy The Revival of Germany January 1933 – Hitler becomes Chancellor Hitler’s Foreign Policy Aims 1. Destroy Treaty of Versailles (Versailles had limited Germany’s armed forces‚ taken away her colonies‚ forced Germany to give land to her neighbours which meant there were Germans under foreign rule) and impose German control in Europe. This involved rearmament & the destruction of French alliance system. 2. Union of German-Speaking people → Hitler
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”self-defense“ would not be banned; secondly‚ that the violation of the treaty by any of the signatory powers automatically released the other signatories; and‚ finally‚ that nothing in the treaty impaired the covenant of the League of Nations‚ the Locarno treaties‚ and the ”treaties of neutrality“-the pacts which created the Little Entente in Central Europe.2 Out of it‚ a curious state of affairs arose whereby these points actually became reservations‚ although they are not part of the pact itself
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UNIT 2 – SECTION A Weimar Germany‚ 1919-1929 Key Issue One: How far do the early problems of the Weimar Republic suggest that it was doomed from the start? The origins of the Weimar Republic; the armistice; the effects of the Treaty of Versailles Political problems: the constitution and its consequences for government; political instability Challenges to Weimar‚ 1919-1923: the Spartacists; attempted takeovers by the right-wing: the Freikorps; Kapp Putsch; Munich Putsch
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The Second World War broke out in 1939 between the Axis and the Allied due to German invasion in Poland. There were many causes that led to the outbreak of the war. In my opinion‚ Second World War‚ in a large extent‚ was the continuation of the First World War. In this essay‚ I am going to elaborate my point of view. The Second World War shared some similarities with the First World War‚ for example‚ extreme nationalism‚ alliance system and armament race. To begin with‚ extreme nationalism
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World War II Martyna Purvis U. S. History Daniel Vogel November 18‚ 2012 Abstract The World War II‚ was a global military conflict that‚ was in terms of lives lost and destruction‚ was the most devastating war in human history. The World War II began in 1939 as a European conflict between Germany and an Anglo-French first started but grew to include most of the nations of the world. It ended in 1945‚ leaving a new world order that was dominated by the United States
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affordable amount. It was also agreed that American Banks would invest in German industry. This also improved the trust the allies had in Germany‚ as they were reassured that they would get their reparation payments. In 1925 Stresemann signed the Locarno Pact. This was a treaty between Germany‚ Britain‚ France‚ Italy and Belgium. The Pact consisted of Germany agreeing to keep its border with France and Belgium if Allied troops left the Rhineland and France promised peace. This opened talks about Germany
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To what extent was the League a success? The League of Nations was a group setup to maintain peace throughout the world‚ without using violence etc. and was created during the Paris peace conference although the president of the United States of America Woodrow Wilson originally thought it up. The Leagues main objectives were to unite all nations in a parliament style meeting to discuss the independence of countries and to protect their borders‚ to protect the citizen’s lives and working conditions
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