German Unification (1850-1871) Summary Whereas Camillo di Cavour directed Italian unification‚ a Junker (the Prussian name for an aristocratic landowner from old Prussia in the east) named Otto von Bismarck pushed German unification through "blood and iron" and skillful understanding of realpolitik. As the map of central Europe stood in 1850‚ Prussia competed with Austria for dominance over a series of small principalities fiercely keen on maintaining their independence and distinctive characteristics
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World War I (1914-1918) In late June 1914‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia. An escalation of threats and mobilization orders followed the incident‚ leading by mid-August to the outbreak of World War I‚ which pitted Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire (the so-called Central Powers) against Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy and Japan (the Allied Powers). The Allies were joined after 1917 by the United States. The four
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Cause of the Second World War Essay. World War II was the deadliest conflict in history. The World War was fought between the Allies‚ Great Britain‚ Russia‚ United States‚ France and the Axis‚ Germany‚ Italy and Japan. World War II started on September the 1st in 1939‚ the war lasted until 1945. The war ended with Germany surrendering. 50-70 million lives were lost during World War II‚ it was a horrifying war. This essay will focus on the cause of World War II and its smaller contributing factors
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Weapons in WW1 Water cooled - via a jacket around the barrel which held approximately one gallon - the Vickers was loaded from a 250-round fabric belt mounted on a tripod. A rubber hose leading to a container condensed steam from the jacket as a means of minimising water wastage. Although the predominant British machine gun in 1914 and for much of 1915 - it remained so for British imperial troops sited on far-flung battlefields‚ innovations in machine gun design invariably showing up first on the
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The end of World War Two brought a tremendous amount of economic‚ political and social change to the entire world. Millions of people were left homeless‚ the European economy had collapsed‚ and much of the European industrial infrastructure had been destroyed. America emerged from the war strong‚ united‚ prosperous and the unrivaled and admired leader of the world. France was humbled‚ Britian exhausted‚ Germany demolished and divided The United States established a new international order
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million people were plunged into war. Ten million soldiers were mowed down by bullets‚ blown to pieces‚ incinerated‚ starved‚ devoured by rats and lice‚ killed by the epidemics that thrive on misery‚ 20 millions more were wounded. What lunacy took hold of the Austrians‚ Serbs‚ Russians‚ Germans‚ French‚ British‚ Italians‚ Terks‚ and the Americans? The survivors could count themselves lucky‚ but they had lost their youth or their face or their sanity. How did the world unleash such fury? The peoples
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phenomena to take place in a country was during the post World War I German Hyperinflation from 1918 – 1923. Germany had lost the war and the Allies were forcing them to make reparations. “The central government in Germany‚ which did not impose income taxes‚ financed the war almost completely by issuing debt” (Hetzel‚ 2). Since Germany refused to impose high taxes on their people‚ they had to pay for the war and the cost of losing the war by printing money. This resulted in an extreme deficit for
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World War 1 Introduction: World war 1 happened 100 years ago this month‚ it remains the defining conflict of the modern day. To what extent is it true to say that WW1 changed popular understanding of war? Before World War 1 people thought that war was glorious and an adventure by the end of the war they realized that this was not true World War 1 changed the popular understanding of war. World war 1 changed the way that war is now fought‚ this happened because both mechanization and technology
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paper has been designed to detail the different types of weapons used by the people of Ancient Rome. It includes observations on development of Roman weaponry as well as its great variety of structure and uses. This will include‚ in addition‚ the inherence of earlier civilizations of weaponry My paper will attempt to answer the following questions; What weapons did the Romans consider important? What material was used to forge these weapons? How are they classified? How important was their role in
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Part B World War 1 made a colossal impact to all aspects of human life around the world‚ everyone who fought‚ witnessed‚ and survived from this catastrophic event was impacted on each to different degrees and consequences. One of the major groups who were affected by World War 1 were the women of Britain‚ playing a significant role to provide for their family and for the men who fought in the war. With the early rush of volunteers in 1914 and the conscription in 1916 led to a shortage of manpower
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