“Those who want to live‚ let them fight‚ and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.” (BrainyQuote). The cruel man who claimed these words is one of the most notorious dictators in history‚ Adolf Hitler. He also founded the Nazi party which was the fuel of World War II. Nazism‚ with the stolen sign of the swastika to advertise its genocidal reign‚ its general origins and ties to the 1800s‚ and how it affected people’s lives is a prominent point in
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events throughout the nineteenth century created conflict between countries that fueled the start of the war. This essay examines these factors and their contribution to the start of the war. The factors discussed in the essay include nationalism‚ militarism‚ and imperialism. All these factors contributed to the conflict that existed between the two blocks that participated in the war. The essay also examines the reasons why America did not join the war in 1914 and the reasons that made it enter the
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ROME 1. Macedonian professional army-advantages included a wide range of specialists‚ strict discipline and elimination of large numbers of noncombatant servants 2. Battle of Chaeronea- ended Greek city state freedom once and for all. 3. Philip of Macedon-by his death he had installed his despotic rule throughout Greece 4. Alexander-was motivated by the desire for personal power and glory 5. Despotism-absolute power- of authority of rulers who represented themselves as at least semi-divine
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this archipelago‚ the Pacific War might have lasted much longer. The United States’ interest in Hawaii went back almost half a century before December 7‚ 1941. Since around the 17th century‚ Japan had never lost a war and the tradition of Samurai militarism went unchecked. Even through de-isolation‚ this militaristic
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that separated the first and second world wars —is an immensely interesting period of study. An era of highlights and lowlights as European statesmen worked toward the development of a post-WWI society; where pacifism and isolationism replaced militarism and imperialism. An era where organizations like the League of Nations united the world‚ yet extremely divided as the new ideologies of fascism and communism took hold in powerful European states.
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The most important cause of World War I is alliances because countries felt threatened by enemy countries. Alliances were when two or more countries joined together to help each other and back each other up. There were many reasons for why the countries were mad at each other. For example‚ Austria- Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and declared war on them. Germany backed up Austria- Hungary while Russia backed up Serbia. Document #3‚ by John T. McCutcheon
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According to Merriam-Webster‚ historians define a world war as “a war involving many nations of the world.” World War I‚ also known in Great Britain as “The Great War‚” had a tremendous financial and psychological impact on western civilization and the world. World War I marked the beginning of great technological achievements‚ which lead to the inventions and use of mustard gas‚ tanks‚ submarines‚ and airplane bombs. However‚ World War I merits the title “The Great War” because of its immediate
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While Africans were deprived of basic human rights in some regions and lost many of their cultural aspects‚ these characteristics were overridden by industrialization‚ more job opportunities‚ and improved political structure during the European colonization of Africa from late 19th to mid-20th century. In document 5‚ it states “when the whites came to our country‚ we had the land and they had the Bible; now we have the Bible and they have the land‚” an African proverb regarding the Europeans. Through
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for dreadnoughts where as the British were isolated so they had a reason to build dreadnoughts. Germany’s hunger for a large army and navy caused tension and jealousy between Britain and other nations. The major cause of the First World War was militarism and it is clear that Germany played a major role in this and was always in favour of settling the tension on the battlefield. Competition for trade and colonies‚
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France‚ deprived of Alsace and Lorraine by the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71‚ had been left with its own nationalistic cult seeking revenge against Germany. While French nationalists were hostile to Germany‚ which sought to maintain its gains by militarism and alliances‚ nationalism was creating violent tensions in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy; there the large Slavic national groups had grown increasingly restive‚ and Serbia as well as Russia fanned Slavic hopes for freedom and Pan-Slavism. Imperialist
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