To what extent did the Paris Peace Settlement pave the way for WWII? To a larger extent‚ the failure of the collective security paved the way for the Second World War (WWII). The aim of making attempts of collective security was to maintain world peace and avoid war‚ but due to lack of support from the countries‚ disagreement among powers and lack of enforcement power‚ the three attempts of collective security (i.e. The League of Nations‚ peace treaties and disarmament conferences) failed. The
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To what extent did the Great War caused the revolution in Russia of 1917? First of all there are different opinions how much the Great War had an effect of the revolution in Russia of 1917. The Great War was from 1914 to 1918 and the revolution in Russia (also known as the February and October Revolutions) starts at the 23rd of February and culminates about the 26th of October (after the Julian calendar). In my opinion‚ the Great War was a basic cause for the revolution in 1917‚ but I think it
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the workforce had risen to 37%. The food shortages across Germany led to a web of new views. As a result extremist views‚ such as communism‚ became widely supported‚ particularly in the industrial cities. Also‚ the German economy had suffered terribly during the war. Industrial output fell by over 40% between 1914 and 1918. WW1 negatively affected Germany by putting it in Social political and economic ruins. To begin with‚ After WWI Germany was socially affected. In document 3 they say “I am twenty
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The Treaty of Versailles harshly punished the Germany in finance‚ military‚ and territories. Those clauses made the Germans feeling both humiliated and bitter‚ so I am agree that the treaty of Versailles is one of the important reasons to cause the World War Two. There are some reasons below. At that period‚ the German people were told and believed its army was only defending its border and taking back some lands previously held by the country. In addition‚ the exceedingly nationalistic sentiments
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To what extent could Nazi Germany be considered a totalitarian state in the period 1933-1942? From Hitler’s election to power in January 1933‚ Nazi Germany although exhibiting totalitarian elements lacked some required factors to characterize it fully as a totalitarian state. George Orwell suggested that totalitarianism is (1984‚ introduction) "the ability for a political system or society where the individual does not exist‚ a single party controls every aspect of life." Paramount to the classification
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during World War II. Adolf Hitler censored everything coming through Germany. The Newspaper Cinemas radio and all forms of media depicted What Adolf Hitler wanted the people to hear and see. His use of propaganda played an important role in what The people of Germany heard through the media. the messages he passed on through media held his beliefs and goals. Adolf Hitler became interested in the way propaganda molded the public thoughts and believe after war war one. He set up the
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in the result of Germany’s defeat in World War 1. Germany was loaded with the blame‚ and hated the Treaty of Versailles. Germany had rejected it but was forced to sign it in 1919. The Weimar government was not able to bring back pre-war conditions. In august 1923 Gustav Stresemann became Chancellor of Germany and foreign minster. He was apart of the German people’s party. Stresemann went along way in resolving the catastrophe that was left after World War 1. Stresemann promised to carry on paying
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important was the role of the leader in the rise to power of the Nazis in Germany On the 30th January 1933 Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. Hitler came to power as the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party‚ more commonly known as the Nazi Party. In the July election of 1932 the Nazis received the highest vote ever achieved by any party in Weimar History with 13.7 million votes. This is a crucial point in history as it was Hitler who led the world into World War II which resulted
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German Foreign Policy International Relations 1871 - 1914 Part 1 1 Background Unification of Germany The Congress of Vienna at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 redrew the map of Europe and established the Confederation of German States (39 of them) which were under the control of Austria-Hungary. 2 Germany 1815 3 German Unification Prussia‚ the largest of these states‚ wanted to end Austrian domination and unite the states into a new German Empire under her own
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Why did Stalin win the struggle for power after Lenin’s death? Leading up to and following Lenin’s death in 1924‚ Leon Trotsky‚ the logical successor to Lenin‚ was outwitted from becoming leader of the Communist Party. Trotsky had been second only to Lenin since the Revolution he masterminded‚ yet it seemed Joseph Stalin was better suited from 1924 to assume the role because he was more politically adept and had more success in out manoeuvring and taking any opportunity to usurp Trotsky. His success
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