The seven years war is a very historical event for many reasons‚ and should be studied at schools around the world. The seven years war was basically the first world war. In the early 1750s‚ French explorers claimed what they called new France. Although the French already had a huge amount of land they still expanded into the Ohio River valley. The Seven Year’s War had many land changes between Britain‚ France‚ Spain‚ and the natives in North America. French colonist started to move farther and
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placed under the power of the League of Nations for 15 years. Denmark received Northern Schleswig. Finally‚ the Rhineland was demilitarized; that is‚ no German military forces were allowed there. In the east‚ Poland received parts of West Prussia and Silesia from Germany. In addition‚ Czechoslovakia received the Hultschin district from Germany; the largely German city of Danzig became a free city under the protection of the League of Nations; and Memel‚ a small strip of territory in East Prussia along
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forced labour camps. The remaining people are gassed and cremated within a few hours. Levi and twenty-nine other men are loaded onto a truck and transported to the Monowitz-Buna forced labour camp of about 10‚000 prisoners‚ near Auschwitz in Upper Silesia. They enter the gates under the sign Arbeit Macht Frei. They are held for hours in a cold room‚ filled ankle deep with freezing water. They are ordered to completely undress and remain naked‚ without shoes‚ for many hours. Then barbers enter the
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favour of a republic before the signing of the Versailles Treaty. The Versailles Treaty was one of the many documents written up to ensure that Germany would never come to full power again. The terms of the Versailles Treaty included the loss of the provinces of Alsace-Lorraine‚ Eupen-Malmedy‚ Memel‚ the Hultschin district‚ Poznania‚
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In the year 1914 there was a great war which was centered in Europe. This war was World War One; it lasted for four years and involved all the major powers of the world during that period. According to Britannica ready reference (2003) the first world last from 1914 to 1918 and it was an International conflict between the Central Powers-Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Turkey and the Allied Powers mainly France‚ Britain‚ Russia‚ Italy‚ and from 1917 the U.S. The U.S kept out of the war at the begin
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their embarrassment. Heavy compensations had to be paid to countries that suffered the most damage: France‚ Belgium and Britain. The final Figure was decided in 1921 as 6 billion MARKS. They could not afford this and the fact that Saar and Upper Silesia‚ which were valuable industrial areas‚ were lost did not help the case. Other economically important places such as Alsace- Lorraine and a number of overseas territories were also lost. The fifth term of the treaty was a League of Nations‚ designed
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League’s organisation did involve a lot of countries‚ had strong mandates from the Versailles Settlement‚ had a strong secretariat in Geneva‚ and had a clear set of rules. The League was not very good at keeping the peace either. It did split Upper Silesia successfully between the Germans and the Poles‚ settle the dispute of the Aaland Islands‚ prevent war between Greece and Bulgaria‚ and managed to hold off another major war (but only until 1939). On the other hand‚ the League did nothing to stop the
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Paper 1 exam notes Aims of the different participants USA Believed that no country should benefit from such a catastrophe as the Great War. The 14 points of Woodrow Wilson Basis of German surrender but also a general description of what had to be done to make long lasting international world peace 1. No secret treaties 2. Free access to the sea 3. Free trade between all nations 4. Disarmament to lowest possible limit for each country 5. Colonial issues resolved with the cooperation of the natives
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border area between france and germany. a)In what ways did the treaty weaken the german economy? Germany was to accept the full blame of starting the war and therefore had to pay 6600 million pounds in reparations. Furthermore‚ the Saar and Upper Silesia wre lost‚ these were important industrial areas. Germany lost a large section of their territory and found themselves with no incomes and having to pay a great amount of money. The goverment went bankrupt and this lead to hyperinflation. The reduction
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MAUS I/II The Holocaust was the most heinous tragedy of all time. In Art Spiegelman’s Maus I and Maus II‚ it is been explain this massacre through (of all platforms) a comic book. In Spiegelman’s book‚ his portrait of The Jews as mice and The Nazi as cats is precisely how the Jews were treated‚ like animals whose lives were without much value. Using the Maus I/II‚ I will identify five of the Nazi Holocaust Stages. 1. Life Before the Nazi’s: • Vladek born in Poland on October 11‚ 1906. And as
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