Industrialization of Germany and Japan Germany and Japan were part of the second wave of modernizing nations. They did not start industrializing until the second half of the nineteenth century. It was nearly a century after the French revolution and the beginning of British industrialization. They did have an advantage in being the second wave‚ for one they could learn from the technologies and techniques that were used in Europe before them and implement these systems into their own industries
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ELECTRICITY MR.ROBINSON Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and flow of electric charge. Electricity gives a wide variety of well-known effects‚ such as lightning‚ static electricity‚ electromagnetic induction and the flow of electrical current. In addition‚ electricity permits the creation and reception of electromagnetic radiation such as radio waves. In electricity‚ charges produce electromagnetic fields which act
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Firstly‚ we must proceed to explain the nature of Article 231 in order to be able to analyse its judgement about Germany’s responsibility for the war. After the war had ended‚ Europe’s‚ especially France’s economy was devastated. There was also a general desire for such a war never to repeat itself‚ as the first proof of modern warfare proved to be ruinous. To deal with this two issues the allied powers made Germany sign the "war guilt clause" which made it accept all the guilt for the war and because
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The Nürnberg Trials began in 1945 and lasted until 1949. These trials were held in Nürnberg‚ Germany. The charges held against those on trial were crimes against humanity‚ crimes against peace‚ war crimes‚ and “a common plan or conspiracy to commit” (www.britannica.com). There were twelve trials with over 100 defendants and several courts. The International Military Tribunal conducted these trials. Representatives from the United States‚ Great Britain‚ the Soviet Union‚ France‚ and 19 other
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incident which I would like to illustrate in the following. Alliance system: To begin with‚ it was the alliance system. The definition of it is a group of nations or countries formed to support a common goal. The original founder was Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck who was Germany’s prime minister. He formed the Triple alliance in 1882 with Austria and Italy in order to monitor France which was Germany’s rival and converged power. To resist it‚ Britain‚ France and Russia formed the Triple Entente
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this time in Prussia they had a guy who became the German prime minister‚ very strong Otto Von Bismarck Practices “Real-Politik” means politics of reality means politics without idealism Wanted to rule with an iron fist “the great questions of the day will not be settled by speeches or by majority decisions‚ that was the mistake of 1848-49 but by blood and iron” Greatest rival to Prussia was Austria Otto stirred up conflict with Austria in 1866 wanted to push Austria around so they would declare
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Kaiser’s offensive foreign policy and Schliffen Plan are the facts which eliminate every suspicion about Germany being innocent in question of who caused the World War I. German foreign policy dramatically changed when Kaiser Wilhelm II forced Bismarck to resign in 1890. After Bismarck’s resignation‚ Kaiser set a new course for Germany. Wilhelm II made an emphasis on militaristic and expansionist policy while he tried to “defend” Germany’s “place in the sun”. This new offensive‚ provocative and
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German chancellor Bethmann Hollweg and Alfred Von Schlieffen a German strategist. Taylor believes that if these individuals acted differently the war could have been avoided. However‚ Taylor does not discuss the September Programme‚ outlining Germanys aim to create a ‘Mitteleuropa’ in Europe‚ thus calling in to question the persuasiveness of Taylor’s argument. Taylor specifically‚ locates the blame on the foreign minister of Austria-Hungary Count Leopold Von Berchtold. After the assassination of the
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assassination on the Serbs. They made a big list of demands that they couldn’t comply‚ to have an excuse to go to war. The Serbs were backed up by Russia; this made the tensions even worse. At the same time this was happening‚ the German prime minister Otto Bon Bismarck was fired by the Kaiser Wilhelm. Kaiser Wilhelm didn’t know what he was doing and getting into when he had undone the alliance with Russia. Russia was furious‚ so to get back at Germany‚ they went with France. The powers were divided; Germany
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depicted as a perfect storm‚ beginning with a single act of terrorism. This act would bring about the deluge to come‚ presenting as the catalyst to a particularly explosive state of affairs amongst the nations of the world. Persian statesman Otto von Bismarck “was quoted as saying at the end of his life that "One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans." (Archduke Franz‚ 2014). On June 28‚ 1914‚ as he predicted‚ Gavrilo Princip a Serbian nationalist in
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