Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were eager German nationalist who really campaigned for the idea of all German states being integrated as one country. They collected German folk stories because they believed that folktales revealed a national German identity also wanting to revive their countries culture. As the Grimm brothers were collecting and writing their folktales‚ France occupied a good section of German territory setting up its own legal system therefore‚ influencing and transforming the
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Leadership During The Great War Kaiser Wilhelm II was in charge of Germany. He was the oldest grandchild of British Queen Victoria. His ties to Britain would play an important role in his political views. He became the emperor of Germany in 1888 after the death of Frederick II. When he was crowned he set Germany onto a new course in foreign affairs. He supported Austria-Hungary. Wilhelm II was also the leader of the military. Wilhelm was forced to give his throne up on November 9‚ 1918. He lived
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I strongly believe that Germany is not to be blamed for starting the First World War. In my opinion all the major powers helped to start the war‚ moreover‚ they should share the blame. Firstly‚ Germany was being forced to admit that they started the war‚ however‚ according to Count Brockdorff-Rantzan (head of the German delegates at Versailles in 1919)‚ the German people felt they were fighting a war of defense. If Germany had caused the war the other countries would have only fought defensively
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How and why was Germany allowed to annex Austria and the Sudentenland? Was there any justifcation for Britain and France’s policy of appeasement? France and Britain worked out an agreement to appease Germany. These lands had been taken away from Germany through the Treaty of Versailles. Millions of Germans were living in these countires and were showing signs that they wanted to be under German rule. Britain also felt that Hitler was up to something and wanted to appease Germany by letting Hitler
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The largest two states were Prussia and Austria; all of the states were ruled by kings or princes who guarded their power jealously. However since 1815 all the German states had been linked through the German Confederation. Otto Eduard Leopold‚ Duke of Lauenburg‚ Prince of Bismarck (1815-1898)‚ or simply known as Otto von Bismarck was a Junker (Prussian nobleman) who held many positions in the Prussian and later the German parliament. Bismarck’s loyalty to Prussia meant that at first not pursuing
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He was an alcoholic womanizer who never enjoyed his one-year of military service‚ finding it difficult to take orders from someone else. This idea shapes Bismarck’s greatest goal of collapsing the Bund and forming a new German confederation with Prussia‚ not Austria at the helm so that he could devise the terms of European operation and not have to comply with Austria. He entered politics in 1847 and believed that executive autocracy was the only manner of ruling‚ believing that might was unarguably
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the Unification of Germany Liberal hopes for German unification were not met during the politically turbulent 1848-49 period. A Prussian plan for a smaller union was dropped in late 1850 after Austria threatened Prussia with war. Despite this setback‚ desire for some kind of German unity‚ either with or without Austria‚ grew during the 1850s and 1860s. It was no longer a notion cherished by a few‚ but had proponents in all social classes. An indication of this wider range of support was the change
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internal position in Prussia. The War of 1866 ousted Austria from leadership in Germany for good. The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 brought the South under the aegis of the Prussian eagle. That was the unification process in a nutshell. Now let us look at it in some detail. I. War with Denmark Liberal sentiment in Germany had always been stirred by a desire to separate Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark. The liberals called for a repudiation of international agreements by Prussia (such as the 1852
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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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In 1918 the German people were shattered by the unexpected defeat in the first world war. As the war ended‚ the Kaiser abdicated and early in 1919 Germany’s politicians drew up there democratic constitution. Many saw it as doomed from the start with many problems facing it‚ with opposition from the left and the right. Many believe that the Weimar republic was doomed‚ this is for a number of reasons. Firstly the government got left with the burden of the treaty of Versailles. The German people
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