barriers in Britain. During the war‚ the servant class all but disappeared. 3. There were three main political consequences of the war. • A Liberal-Conservative coalition government was created‚ led by David Lloyd George. • The Labor Party also did well out of the war‚ receiving considerable support as a result of its opposition to the conflict. It soon overtook the Liberals as the second largest party in the country. • In 1918‚ the vote was extended to all men over the age of 21. This doubled
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The Central Powers accounted the following opponents: Germany‚ Bulgaria‚ Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire (Williamson‚ 2003). Of all the countries fighting on the side of the Allied and Associated Powers‚ Great Britain’s motivation for entering the World War I on the side of the France was quite unusual
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November 9‚ 1938‚ many synagogues are being burnt down in Germany and Austria (Rosenberg 7). My father turned the radio off and cussed. I asked him‚
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British History WW 1 & 2 THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918 Entente Powers British Empire -France Russian Empire Japan Italy United States (1917) Central Alliance Powers Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria The War started when Archduke Frans Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo. The War spread via the empires and therefore became so ‘large’. The common perception of imperial wars in Britain in the late 19th century: “An opportunity for adventure‚ for showing
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the Head of the Constitution and holding such significant powers‚ Wilhelminian Germany was clearly structured to maintain authority and keep the power concentrated at the top. The issue is whether or not in practice the state was totally authoritarian and how far Germany was stuck in authoritarianism‚ or in other words; how much potential for advancement towards democracy there was. It also needs to be established what is meant by an ’authoritarian state’ as the Kaiser’s power can be seen in the reflection
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Propaganda has played an important role in term of the outcome of the war during the World War One (WW1). Therefore‚ during the World War One‚ the British used propaganda for different reasons. During the World War One period‚ Russia had a loss of over a million casualties in the war against Germany. That has resulted in a deterioration of its military and caused a domestic discontent. The People were suffering; the value of their money was deteriorating and women and children had to work for long
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Why did civil war break out in 1642? Why did civil war break out? Well for about 17 years parliament and king Charles 1 hadn’t been getting on well and it didn’t help that parliament hadn’t really got on with Charles’ dad James 1 or Charles’ close advisors. They mainly got on each other’s nerves about money‚ religion and power‚ as well as the short term causes and all the extra things! Soon it got too much and Charles declared war on the 22nd August 1642. Charles sort of started the civil
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targets as they came from the boats. After years of battle experience‚ General Dwight D. Eisenhower was named a a five star-general. Eisenhower‚ working within the U.S. Army lead the D-Day invasion. This leader began the liberation of Europe. For Germany‚ their general and military theorist‚ Erwin Rommel. Rommel was a highly decorated officer who earned a name for himself previously in WWI. During World War Two‚ he was named the commander of the seventh Panzer division. His reputation for leadership
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To what extent did the constitution ensure that the Kaisers power was preserved? Kaiser had all power over Germany and with the desire for changes in the way Germany was run resulted in the improvements such as the creation of a constitution which was without a doubt crucial to the consolidation of the Kaisers position. The constitution consisted of 25 federal states‚ within this there were 4 kingdoms‚ 12 Duchies‚ 6 Grand Duchies and 3 free cities. At first the Kaiser had pretty much entire control
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After the dust of World War I settled and the troops came home -- or didn’t come home --it became evident that the world was changed forever. World War I ushered in a modern era of warfare with new fighting methods that affected an entire generation of young people. New technology introduced during World War I shaped the way wars would be fought from then on. For the first time‚ tanks‚ airplanes and machine guns made their way onto the battlefield. These new technologies magnified the effects of
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