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- 161: Rising And Falling Of The Berl
- ... in my following report. The person responsible for the rise of the Wall was Walter Ulbricht. He was a longtime member of the German Communist Party. After 1958 the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) entered a new state of development. As a result of this a sharp rise of industrial output was ordered in East Berlin. This was a part of a Seven - Year Economic Plan to bring per capita consumption in the GDR up to the level of the Federal Republic or Germany (FRG or West Germany). The one major loop hole of this scheme was the open border to West Berlin. Which hundreds of East Germans left the country daily. Most of them went underground and weren’t notice. Even ...
- 162: Hitler's Legacy Still Haunts The World
- ... s Legacy Still Haunts The World The things Adolf Hitler accomplished are unspeakable. Who would have thought that an impoverished little boy could have such an enormous effect on the whole world. Adolf Hitler brought Germany from the bottom of the heap to a world power, started a world war, killed several million people, and left an everlasting impression on the world. Nothing that Hitler accomplished can be considered good except for the fact that he did bring Germany out of a depression. However, he did influence this world as a whole more than any other human being in this century. Therefore, Adolf Hitler is the person of the century because his beliefs and actions influenced the whole world by dragging it into turmoil and his legacy still haunts the world and will continue to until the end of time. When Hitler came to power in Germany he wasn’t the only leader who had fascist beliefs. Benito Mussolini had Italy in his own grasp and made it a military state almost. Right behind Germany and Italy was Japan. All three ...
- 163: German World Of Disappointment
- ... prison. One of the reasons that disappointment is such a common theme that occurs so many times in German literature is because it is a theme that pops up all over German history. After becoming “Germany” in 1871 during the war with France, the German people faced their first major disappointment in the coming of World War I. Even though Germany wanted the war, they were soon disappointed and frustrated with the lack of progress the troops were making. As the war ended, the German people were also disenchanted when the count totaled nearly 2 million of their troops that would never return to their families. The greatest disappointment of World War I for the Germans, however, was the Treaty of Versailles. Germany was deprived of military empowerment, destroyed economically, placed under legal sanctions and completely disgraced in politics under the treaty. It was the Treaty of Versailles and its harsh restrictions that allowed a man like ...
- 164: RISE AND FALL OF THE HITLER REICHT
- ... While many people were frightened and sad at the thought of a world war, Hitler was delighted. He held the rank of corporal, and in forty-seven b On October 13th 1918, a month before Germany surrendered to the Allies, his good luck ran out. When Hitler and his fellow dispatch runners were waiting in line for their food rations, British troops began lobbing high explosive shells nearby. Some of th Hitler soon regained use of his eyes, but as he was about to rejoin his regiment, he got the terrible news of Germany's surrender. "Once again, everything went black before my eyes, and I tottered and groped my way back to the place where we slept and bu As part of Hitler's job, he investigated a ... hecklers, they found Je By the summer of 1923, the Nazi party had grown to 150,000 members. With the Nazi movement growing so rapidly, Hitler knew it was time to make a move on Germany. November 11, 1923 seemed like a perfect time for Hitler to make the grab for power. It was Hitler captured the government leaders and forced them to join him. His 3,000 men then ...
- 165: Fascism As Opposed To Communism
- Fascism As Opposed To Communism Analyze the similarities and the differences between single party rule in Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia between 1933 and 1945. Answers should consider: methods of dealing with opposition, control of media and education, control of the economy, and war time planning. Fascism As Opposed To Communism Why is it that Germany's fascism lasted a relatively short time compared to Russia's communism? The regimes established under Hitler and Stalin were incredibly similar with respect to the rise and control of the state. Both systems were ... a man with such dangerous ideas. Lenin planned his revolution while in exile in Switzerland. Then he made a deal with the German government whereby he was hid on a train and passed through enemy Germany to Russia. The conclusions with respect to methods of acquiring power and controlling it when they did get it were very much the same. Both rulers had full run of their respective governments. Stalin ...
- 166: Otto Van Bismarck And State So
- ... trait that led him to his downfall. Many times, Bismarck used foreign policy to insure German security. It is especially clear, when we read that history on the three emperors and the dual alliance. Because Germany was in the center of Europe, it had powerful neighbors along its borders. Germany did not want to fight against Russia and France at the same time, and fights two battlefronts could lead to the destruction of Germany. France alone had no immediate threat, but if, by chance, it formed an alliance, Germany would be in grave danger. To prevent this, Bismarck sought out two other countries ~ Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary, ...
- 167: Comparison Between Gandhi and Hitler
- ... despair. They had no leaders. They were defenseless. India had been taken over by the British Empire and now the 315 million Indians were under the rule of the 100 thousand British soldiers there. In Germany there were six different political groups; nobody knew what to do. These countries were in shock, they need a change, but more importantly, they needed a leader. Mohandas K. Gandhi was a law student, born ... accepted and served as a messenger. But Hitler was too smart to stay as merely a messenger. His knowledge of war and his extreme military tactics helped him to achieve the rank of corporal. After Germany’s defeat in World War I, the country went into a state of turmoil. When Hitler recovered from the shock of having lost the war, he joined a small political group called the German Workers ... soon to take over the title of Nazis. In May of 1929, the NSGWP had only about 3% of the Germans following them, but by the time Hitler took over in 1933, around 35% of Germany were backing the Nazis. In 5 years Hitler had taken over the NSGWP and Germany. Hitler rose because Germany needed a leader, and that was exactly was he offered them. Hitler and Gandhi both ...
- 168: Martin Luther Reformation
- Martin Luther: Reformer Martin Luther was born in Eisieben, Germany, on November 10,1483, St. Martin s Day. He was the son of Has Luther, a coal miner, and Margarethe. Martin s parents were of the middle class and were unbending in their disciplinary acts ... and grew very paranoid. He killed anyone that was the least bit suspicious. Then his army left him as he could not afford to pay them anymore. On October 15, 1389 Urban died. Life in Germany: During the time period of the reformation life in Germany was very dangerous. A lot of new ideas were being introduced to German society and the economy wasn t doing very well. Most of the populations were caught up in the fear of not ...
- 169: Causes Of World War 1
- ... was used as an excuse for Austria to take hostile action against Serbia. That was not the only cause of the war. The Alliance System was one of the festering causes of the war. After Germany took Alsace-Lorraine, Bismarck wanted to make sure that France didn’t make enough allies to take back the territory in a war. So he started to form an alliance with Austria-Hungry and Italy ... the glories of war. After rationalizing a huge arms race, people were eager to put up large amounts of money to support their government’s vast military. Great Britain has always had a large navy. Germany decided it wanted a navy to rival Britain’s. When the people of Britain saw the buildup of Germany’s navy, they got scared and started producing more and bigger ships for it’s own navy. Every time Britain got a “leg up” on Germany, Germany struggled to outdo Britain, and vice-versa. ...
- 170: Communism East Europe
- ... however, with KhrushchevÆs new approach to Socialism and his denunciation of Stalin, there were increasing calls for independence among the communist bloc countries who had never been truly supportive of the communist regime. In East Germany in 1953 there were a series of strikes and protests. (8) The Russians, under Stalin, used their armed forces to put down the revolt and to protect East GermanyÆs communist government. This shows the importance of Soviet military force in maintaining communismÆs tenuous grip on power. It also shows how weak communist rule in East Germany really was, It was this event that sealed East GermanyÆs fate as the USSR realised that in a united Germany, the Communists would lose control. Events eventually culminated with the building of the Berlin Wall which was the ultimate expression of Soviet and communist force and coercion in maintaining the communist regime. Under Khrushchev, ...
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