This essay will discuss about the reason why Prussia became the leading state within Germany by 1871. Prussia was a largest German state. Prussia is one of the reason why the German achieved their unification. Prussia was the natural leader among the German states and the process of unification that took place in the mid-19th century was a consequence of its earlier military‚ cultural and political achievements. After the negotiation of the Congress of Vienna‚ Prussia emerged as the major German
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year olds. "As soon as the Nazis came to power‚ they set about eliminating all other rival youth organisations‚ just as they Nazified the rest of German Life" In other words the Nazis felt youth organisations were key to the future of Hitler’s Germany and the only way to ensure the Thousand Year Reich. Moreover Hitler indicated just how pivotal he felt the youth groups were as the Nazis went
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had on Germany The affect the Treaty of Versailles had on Germany is truly eye opening and amazing. “Viewing Germany as the chief instigator of the conflict‚ the European Allied Powers decided to impose particularly stringent treaty obligations upon the defeated Germany.”1 After the treaty was in place Germany had experienced very difficult times economically and politically. From the reparations they owed to the land that was compensated‚ Germany struggled to get off the ground. Germany also gained
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to cripple Germany so that they could not start another war. One side of the argument is that the Treaty was extremely unfair to Germany‚ as it took away some of her most valuable assets and fueled nationalism. However‚ the other side of the argument is that as Germany caused a lot of damage‚ she deserved to be punished and also some historians say the Treaty of Bolshevik‚ which was given to Russia was way worse.
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The pact of Versailles was fairly negative to Germany on the grounds that it destroyed their economy even more. The terms for the treaty had been for Germany to take responsibility for their actions. The treaty of Versailles called to take away German territories and colonies‚ reduce Germany’s armed forces‚ make them disarm and to also have them pay reparations to the allies for the damage caused by the war. Germany’s economy was already in a bad shape and the 6‚600 million pounds they had to pay
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her political loyalty. Anyone who fought back against Nazi authority in any way was taken to concentration camps and all signs of dissent were silenced immediately. Hitler created a massive propaganda campaign celebrating the end of democracy in Germany. He hosted huge‚ staged demonstrations to give the impression that he had the unwavering support of the German people. All of the existing social‚ economic and professional organizations were immediately taken over by people already in the Nazi
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different points of view on how harsh Germany should be punished. Each country has different points of view of how Germany should be punished for World War 1 because each of the countries were affected by Germany differently. For example‚ France wanted to punish Germany very harshly because Germany caused the most damage in France‚ but the United States and Britain did not want Germany to be punished as harsh as France because Germany caused less damage in France and Germany. With the differences between
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improvement in scholarship in West Africa due to the thirst for education by conversion Islam‚ as well as an increase in opportunities for people living in the kingdoms. The kingdom of Mali brought Islam to West Africa‚ which was extremely crucial to development in scholarship as there was a social mindset of Muslims being well educated‚ as they had many revelations on topics such as astronomy‚ math and medicine. This meant that the powerful presence of Islam in West Africa encouraged people to convert
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Did Germany have the sole responsibility for World War One? The First World War lasted for four years and resulted in the catastrophic deaths of millions. Germany is responsible for it‚ there’s no doubt in it. Yet whether Germany should be held the sole responsibility for World War one is something that led to endless debates among people for ages. In my point of view‚ all participating countries should be held responsible‚ only to different scale. I agree that Germany should be held a greater proportion
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successfully executed was expanding Germany into a German Empire. In 1934 when President Hindenburg died Hitler seized the opportunity to take claim of the vacant power. During this time he would combine the power of the president and chancellor and declare himself as “Fuhrer.” In the novel‚ the author makes the claim that what prevented Germany from being a strong single power was its close proximity to four other great European powers. Haffner believed that Germany was stronger than any one of them
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