1916 and 1917 on the Western Front‚ Germany attempted to break through the deadlock and deliver the fatal blow to the Allies. Why did the Hundred Days Offensive successfully break through the German defenses? The reasons lie in the planning process and the operation process of the German Spring Offensive. Why did the German Spring Offensive of 1918 fail? This question would present the background to the Hundred Days Offensive and the signing of armistice by Germany. This question is often overlooked
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In order to pay the large costs of the First World War‚ Germany suspended the convertibility of its currency into gold when that war broke out. Unlike France‚ which imposed its first income tax to pay for the war‚ the German Kaiser and Parliament decided without opposition to fund the war entirely by borrowing‚ a decision criticized by financial experts like Hjalmar Schacht even before hyperinflation broke out. The result was that the exchange rate of the Mark against the US dollar fell steadily
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Sedition Act of 1918 Steven Gilbreath HIST 2020 Darryl Austin March 31‚ 2014 On April 6‚ 1917 the U.S. declared war on Germany. According to the University of Houston’s Digital History site‚ Woodrow Wilson stated‚ “there were ‘millions of men and women of German birth and native sympathy who live amongst us‚’... ‘If there should be disloyalty‚ it will be dealt with a firm hand of repression’”. Within three weeks Congress began debating the issue of espionage during wartime. President Woodrow
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Why did the stalemate end in 1918? By 1918 the western front was still in the middle of a stalemate‚ but now it looked like there might be a breakthrough that would lead to the end of the war. Even though defensive weapons had ben largely developed and were extremely dangerous offensive weapons had started to be developed largely. I believe the stalemate ended in 1918 due to several reason but mainly because of the entry of the USA into the war but there were other key factors such as the British
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referred to as infamous by Franklin D Roosevelt is Pearl Harbor. My Research is based on the time frame of 1929 - 1939 targeting the Great Depression. In addition‚ I shall breakdown the several key factors that caused the depression. With great detail the reasons and the final factor in the economic collapse within the United States will be discussed. The Great Depression was dated from 1929-1939. It was known to be the longest economic down fall in the history of western industrialized world. The Great
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Germany – Summary Notes Weimer Republic Emergence of the Democratic Republic: • On 2 October 1918‚ the Reichstag was told that Germany could not win the war. This was a shock to the German people who were led to believe that they would win. • The Allies demanded that the defeated Germans have a democracy before peace could be discussed‚ and that meant that the Kaiser had to abdicate. He refused to. • The German revolution started at Kiel‚ where there was a mutiny in the navy. Workers and
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Guide to GCSE History exam – Unit 2 Depth Study 1 hour 15 minutes Question 1 1a (source inference) What can you learn from source A about…? 4 marks (6 minutes) Source A: From a book about the history of Germany‚ published in 2009. On the evening of 27 February 1933‚ the Reichstag building was destroyed by a massive fire. A young Dutchman‚ a Communist supporter called Marinus van der Lubbe‚ was caught on the site. Van der Lubbe was put on trial‚ found guilty and executed. But his
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Mechanism of Control of Germany as a Core: European Union i. Germany’s Overseas Expansion * Roger Chickering 1996 * Germany’s Kolonial reich (colonial empires) symbolized the country’s great power * Colonies gave assurance to economic security of the country‚ business expansion the bourgeois class and also to increase the people’s standard of living * Germany had already showed interest in overseas world * Due to Economic modernization‚ industries within Germany became dependent
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Adventures in Germany (Final Draft) Carl Page Mr. Tedrow Germany is a country that has exquisite beauty as well as a vastly different culture‚ which has over the years made me a far richer individual. For every year since I was born‚ my family and I go on an extensive trip every year to Germany for three weeks to visit the mother’s side of my family. When I visit Germany‚ I stay with my grandma‚ who resides in Hanau. Hanau is a city comprised of 90‚000 people‚ around 20 kilometers away from Frankfurt
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Mobility across Europe Living and working in germany Your Job in Germany MASTHEAD Editor German Federal Employment Agency‚ International Placement Services (ZAV) Editorial Staff Christine Demmer (freelance journalist)‚ Norbert Grust (W. Bertelsmann Verlag) and Franz Piesche-Blumtritt (International Placement Services) Translation German – English Europäischer Übersetzungsdienst‚ Hamburg Publishing House and Overall Production W. Bertelsmann Verlag‚ Bielefeld‚ www.wbv.de Image credits Title
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