World War I and World War II had major impacts on the relationship between America and Germany. Though the relationship is stronger today‚ there was animosity between the two nations in the early and mid 1900s‚ commencing with World War I. With the Zimmermann Telegram as the turning point for the cause of the animosity‚ Germany and the United States had an acute relationship which led to the declaration of war in 1917 during World War I‚ leading to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Unrestricted
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The relationship between Nazi Germany and the USSR became strained as soon as Hitler came to power in 1933. The Nazi and Soviet ideologies were almost exactly opposite‚ Germany‚ a fascist country which believed in a superior race‚ and the USSR‚ a socialist country who believed in the equality for all. Additionally‚ one of Germany’s “aims” was to gain living space in the east‚ the USSR. A pending invasion from Germany strained the relationship between the two political leaders‚ Hitler and Stalin (Todd
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Versailles on Germany (9 marks) The Treaty of Versailles was the Peace Settlement between the Allies and Germany at the end of the First World War. The German authorities had little choice but to accept the treaty. The treaty rules were harsh and affected Germany negatively. One of the main effects the treaty had on Germany was the fact they had to admit and put their hands up to being responsible for causing the war. The effect that this had was that everyone was going to hate Germany but also the
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Gustave Stresemann had a lot of influence over Germany in the period between 1923 and 1929. Though he was only chancellor for a short while he occupied other very important positions such as Germany’s Foreign Minister. Before Stresemann took charge in 1923 the Weimar Republic had many problems. In 1922 the government declared that they could no longer pay reparations to France due to severe economic problems. The French responded to this by sending 60‚000 French and Belgian troops to invade the
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‘To what extent was Metternich responsible for the lack of change in Germany between 1815-1848’ Metternich was the chancellor of Austria and therefore had a substantial amount of power‚ this enabled him to make radical decisions regarding Germany‚ whether it included unifying it or not. On one hand Metternich had a major influence with the lack of change in Germany. This was largely to do with the fact that he continuously over exaggerated the importance of the student movements. An example of
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In August 1936 the world came together for the summer Olympics in Berlin‚ Germany‚ the capital of Nazi Germany. Even though several countries threatened to boycott the Summer Olympics that year all countries in the end put aside their differences and sent their athletes to compete in the games. With the amount of events leading up to the Olympics‚ the large number of superstar athletes‚ and how it left Berlin‚ Germany feeling more powerful then ever the 1936 Olympics were a year of games to remember
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Nazi Germany 1918 - 1939 November 1918: Germany surrenders and the Kaiser abdicates. Germany becomes a Republic. June 28th 1919: Treaty of Versailles Germany are forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles (November Criminals)‚ which many Germans describe as a ‘Diktat’. The Weimar Constitution (rules) is set up which makes Germany a democracy with a President‚ Chancellor and a Reichstag‚ elected by proportional representation. January 4th to January 15th: The Spartakist Uprising led by Communist
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Nazi Germany relied heavily on control of the mass media of communications and expression and the mighty propaganda machine played a vital role in the Nazi party. In 1933 Hitler commented that (Lee‚ 30) "the art of propaganda lies in understanding the emotional ideas of the great masses and finding a way to the heart of the broad masses." Propaganda was a means to gain and keep the support of the masses and the crude and over simplified weltanschaung (psychology) projected by Nazi propaganda inspired
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comply with’ . However‚ the meaning and levels of resistance within Nazi Germany varies between historians. This essay identifies resistance as stated by the Bacaria Project‚ “Resistance is understood as every form of active or passive behaviour which allows recognition of the rejection of the National Socialist regime or a partial area of National Socialist Ideology and was bound up with certain risks”. Hitler’s rule of Germany spanned from 1934 to 1945 and occupied countries during his time included;
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powers - Germany‚ Austria‚ Bulgaria‚ Hungary and Turkey - as a way to deal with the devas-tating results of the war. Empires collapsed‚ new nation states were formed whilst others disappeared‚ countries suffered from loss of territory and post-war trade and production were disrupted due to the new boundaries that were redrawn. All these measures created very complicated outcomes to those who suffered from the peace treaties‚ in particular Germany after the well-known
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