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    Assess and analyse the positions of the Big Three as they came to the Paris Peace Conference. Examine what came out of the Treaty of Versailles and explain the differences between the two. With the First World War ending in November 1918 with an armistice‚ a treaty was called for by the victorious nations with the aim of making and keeping peace between the five nations of France‚ Germany‚ Britain‚ Austria-Hungary and the United States. The three main victors were France‚ Britain and the

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    It is through the poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth that the reader can recognize everything nature has to offer. Wordsworth opens this poem by claiming that he is a cloud observing the nature underneath him. From here he sees a large field of daffodils‚ then further describes the deeper meaning of these flowers using a series of poetic devices. In the second and third stanzas‚ Wordsworth glorifies the image of the daffodils. He describes them as endless and “continuous

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    only just winning independence after WWI were erased as independent states and became part of the Soviet Union. Poland’s borders were moved eastward to include only the "corridor" from before the war but also parts of East Prussia‚ Pomerania‚ and Silesia‚ though they also lost the eastern parts of their country to the Soviet Union. Austria and Czechoslovakia‚ states created by the end of WWI but annexed to Nazi Germany in the 1930s reappeared‚ though Czechoslovakia was firmly under Soviet domination

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    LofN - The Basics Key Syllabus Questions To what extent was the League of Nations a success? What were the aims‚ strengths and weaknesses of the organisation? Successes and failures of peacekeeping during the 1920’s The agencies of the League What was the impact of the Great Depression? Failures of the League during the 1930’s – Manchuria and Abyssinia Intrinsic problems with the League - always very likely to fail! Confused aims Fourteen Points (Jan 1918) - President Wilson had called

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    Religious Toleration in Early Modern Europe Emily Hannah 2A Most states in early modern Europe had a distinct religion set for them by their ruler; yet quite a few small splinter groups remained among the others. There are some states that allowed religious toleration‚ and in other states‚ anyone tolerating anything but Catholicism was quickly sent to the galleys or prison for the rest of their lives. The three aspects of this ongoing

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    Introduction Collective security has been both supported and criticised as a method of preventing the outbreak of war. It’s an idea that has been around for centuries but it wasn’t until post World War I when it was truly utilized. Throughout my paper I will discuss in further detail what is meant by collective security and how the theory of collective security has been implemented. I will discuss the criticisms of collective security and what conditions help it succeed. I will go into additional

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    Nationalism was an important and integral factor in the downfall of the Weimar Republic and in turn‚ the ensuing failure of democracy in Germany in the period 1918-1934. The sense of loyalty and devotion to ones nation‚ which the German citizens had felt in their militaristic past‚ was ultimately devastated by WWI and its consequences. Although nationalism was a major cause of the failure of democracy in Germany‚ there were many other factors adding to the stress upon the countrys government at this

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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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    On September 30‚ 1938‚ Adolf Hitler‚ Benito Mussolini‚ French Premier Edouard Daladier‚ and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich Pact‚ which stated the future of Czechoslovakia‚ basically giving it over to Germany for peace. Despite the fact that the understanding was to only give Hitler the Sudetenland‚ which was a piece of Czechoslovakia where 3 million ethnic Germans lived‚ it eventually gave over to the Nazi war machine 66 percent of Czechoslovakia’s coal‚ 70 percent of

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    They had to return Alsace-Lorraine and the Saar back to France‚ the Hultschin district to Czechoslovakia and Eupen-Malmedy to Belgium. Poland was also given back parts of Upper Silesia and East Prussia. Germany’s army in the Rhineland also had to be moved out. Again‚ this was designed to keep Germany weak by lowering the amount of land it had. In the end‚ Germany lost Germany lost ten percent of its land‚ twelve percent of its population

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