Versailles was hated among all Germans‚ including Hitler. They detested the Treaty and found it was unfair‚ especially Clause 231. This clause stated that Germany would be blamed for the war‚ this clause stood to diminish any national pride left. “All the problems which are causing such unrest today lie in the deficiencies of the Treaty of Peace which did not succeed in solving in a clear and reasonable way the questions of the most decisive importance for the future‚” Hitler said in his speech to the Reichstag
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The Weimar Republic‚ despite economic and political problems‚ was one of the most fertile grounds for the modern arts and sciences. Berlin‚ in particular‚ became a thriving centre of many new art movements. The Bauhaus school near Weimar‚ moreover‚ revolutionized architecture‚ and the theatres in Berlin and Frankfurt led to a revolution on stage. Great film companies made German cinema one of the most notable in the world (a position it never again achieved). Leading composers of atonal music taught
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world by its fear of force‚ I should feel that it must be resisted…but war is a fearful thing” (Document 7). This quote signifies that although Chamberlain said he was a man of peace that if he thought it was necessary he would start a war. One problem with appeasement is that some people think that war could have been totally avoided if Hitler had been stood up‚ “because the Czech defenses were very strong… and because the German generals‚ conscious of Germany’s relative weakness at that moment
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From 1920-1933‚ the world witnessed‚ and fell victim‚ to the rise of one of the recognizable‚ controversial‚ and sadistic men in human history‚ Adolf Hitler. A man who had fought in World War 1 for Germany after refusing to serve his home country of Austria-Hungary. It is well documented that Hitler was at the forefront of the Nazi Party that had solidified their position as the newly established Third Reich when Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany on January 30‚ 1933‚ as we discussed in
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Hitler’s rise to power occurred in the post World War phase when Germany suffered from a spate of economic and social problems. Hitler was a cunning and intelligent man who found opportunity within every event and circumstance. He employed a variety of methods in his rise to power‚ each method specifically suitable for helping him rise a level higher in his gradual progression to dictatorship. Hitler’s initial method in his bid for power largely consisted of rallies and speeches through which
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Constitution was faulted‚ corrupt and quite useless. Williamson refers to it being representative of a “viable compromise” although it was a compromise that “avoided problems by ignoring them”. This shows that the Constitution appeared to be successful and stable‚ although it was useless. It never seemed to actually solve any problems. Therefore he views the Constitution as useless and faulted. Williamson shows that the Constitution was not only useless‚ but destructive and corrupt. He refers to
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It had lost control over the country‚ and by the time Mussolini was in power‚ he sought revenge for what happened. He used the reality of problems with Ethiopia’s wells to persuade the country that it was necessary for Italy to return to Ethiopia. After the success of the second Italian invasion‚ which faced minor opposition from the Ethiopian forces‚ the leader at the time named Hailie Selassie
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Russia was torn between the world war and the population was threatened as levels of starvation rose whilst industry fell. The provisional government could not do much to stop Russia plummeting as they did not have much power and the people of Russia failed to support them (1). The citizens of Russia were desperately looking for help and the Bolshevik party‚ created with the help of Lenin and Trotsky in the year 1917‚ had the answer. Slowly‚ they had managed to become one of the most powerful parties
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country and we see that the league only sorted out successful disputes when dealing with countries that didn’t have much power. As well as that‚ Britain and France were also suffering from the great depression and focused on restoring their countries problems rather than sorting out disputes. Japan was also far away from Europe so the league didn’t feel as responsible to deal with the affairs that were not in Europe. One main
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The Ruhr Crisis 1923 Question 4: Using the sources and your own knowledge‚ analyse the results of the Ruhr Crisis of 1923. In January 1923‚ after failing to keep up with the agreed reparation payment schedule‚ French and Belgium troops invaded the Ruhr industrial area in Germany. Source A tells us that the consequences were poor for all countries involved‚ as passive resistance was encouraged in German workers so production ground to a very near halt‚ and the military efforts expended by France
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