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- 171: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... violence by becoming a "human animal." World War I soldiers had to face the possibility of new weapons for which they are not prepared. Poison gas was one of those weapons in The Great War. Germany was the first side to use poison gas in the war. The leaders of Germany claimed that France had used chemical weapons first, so they felt justified in breaking the terms of the Hague Convention. The soldiers on the other side were utterly unprepared for the chlorine gas that crept ... because they can do nothing else to release the anxiety, stress, and terror of days long bombardment. Despite the fantastic success of the German soldier's defense, there are numerous clues in this chapter that Germany is losing the war. The English and the French have increased the strength of their artillery, but the German weapons are worn so badly that the shells often fall into German trenches, killing German ...
- 172: Comparison Of Trade Rivalries
- ... four factors are just some of the factors that helped German industry grow and rival that of Great Britain. These four factors are all very similar to the Japan-U.S. trade rivalry. Japan like Germany was able to catch up to the U.S. because the U.S. was large and arrogant and refused to believe it could face competition from Japan. Like Britain, U.S. industry believed that they could hold onto markets and would not face competition. British and U.S. industry were startled by the fast rate of growth and industrialization that allowed Germany and Japan to transform themselves quickly into trading rivals. This fast rate of growth also caused friction between both sets of countries. Relations between Germany and Great Britain were damaged as they bickered over markets in particular colonies in Africa . This is similar to the friction between the U.S. and Japan unfair trading practices and closed markets. Both ...
- 173: Woodrow Wilson - Foreign Policy
- ... Neither the Allies nor the Central powers responded. Keeping America out of the war proved to be an extremely difficult, and eventually impossible, job. Wilson's greatest problems concerned shipping. Britain had a blockade against Germany, seizing any cargoes bound for Germany. The British paid for the goods confiscated but the United States thought the interference in its sea trade was a violation of both freedom of the seas and neutral rights. The United States' problems with Britain were serious, but its troubles with Germany were worse. The Germans continued to sink ships with Americans on board. After the Sussex, a French channel streamer was sunk, killing 80 civilians, some American, Wilson declared that if these attacks did not ...
- 174: Fritz Haber
- ... ammonia from its elements. While primarily known for developing a process which ultimately relieved the world of dependence on Chilean ammonia, this twentieth century Nobel prize winner was also involved in the varying fortunes of Germany in World War I and in the rise to power of the Nazi regime. Haber was born on December 9, 1868 in Prussia. He was the son of a prosperous German chemical merchant and worked ... behind-the-scenes consultant on industrial mobilization. During the war, Haber, the embodiment of Prussian pride, unquestionably and uncritically accepted the State's wisdom. He served his beloved country in many ways. For example, because Germany was essentially landlocked for the duration of the war, the supply of necessary materials was a serious problem. Haber's institute worked on numerous wartime concerns including the problem of keeping motors running. He showed that xylene and the solvent naptha were good substitutes for toluene as an antifreeze in benzene motor fuel. Since xylene and naptha were available in Germany and toluene was not, Haber's contributions helped to keep German machinery running and aided in sustaining their war effort for four years. Haber also served his country in the most basic sense with ...
- 175: Sports and Nationalism
- ... about the idea of nationalism, one can draw from a variety of different examples. Some of which are dated back as early as the late 1800's, during Napoleon's reign in France or Nazi Germany during the period of the Second World War. Some recent examples of nationalism may include the events that took place in Northern Ireland during the late 1980's or the events that are presently taking ... which nations seek to make their mark in the world community by achieving success in the Olympic Games…the use of the games by the host nation as a means of showcasing its political ideology . Germany used the 1936 Olympic Games as a tool to fuel Her political ideology. In a sense the 1936 games, which are sometimes referred to as the "fifth German Combat Games", was used as a vehicle ... preparing athletes with governmental funds. Anything from the travel expenses of the athletes to equipment were covered by state funds. Furthermore, the Reichtag covered all training and even the building of a new Olympic stadium. Germany's ultimate goal in those Olympics was to use sport as symbolic warfare to demonstrate the superiority and strength of her nation in physical matters . The Germans attained this goal by entering more than ...
- 176: Albert Einstein 3
- Albert Einstein Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879, and died in 1955. He was an American physicist and Nobel Laureate, also known as the creator of the special and general theories of relativity and for his hypothesis concerning the particle nature of light. He is perhaps the most well known scientist of the 20th century. Albert Einstein spent most of his youth in Munich, Germany, where his family owned a small shop that manufactured electric machinery. He did not talk until the age of seven, but even as a youth he showed a brilliant curiosity about nature and an ability to understand difficult mathematical problems. At the age of 12 he taught himself geometry. Repeated business failure led the family to leave Germany for Milan, Italy, when he was 15 yrs old. He then used the opportunity to withdraw from school. He spent a year with his parents in Milan, and when it became clear that he ...
- 177: The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
- ... that helped many troubled countries. I feel that the Treaty of Versailles was good because it helped the world recover from and end World War I. A country that was hurt by this treaty was Germany. They had no choice but to sign the treaty. It was very harsh on them, they had to give up alot of what they owned to other nations,they had to pay for some of the war damages and they had to take the blame for the war. I think this was good because the hurt nations were helped out alittle by receiving either land or money from Germany and also Germany deserved to be punished for what they did to the other nations during the war. Germany needed to be punished because they destroyed many countries and they would have kept hurting them if the ...
- 178: Berlin Wall Book Review On The
- The Berlin Wall: Book Review In August 1961, Berlin, Germany was seperated by a border of barbed wire. People of East Berlin could no longer enter West Berlin. The Berlin Wall tells about this event and what led to this event. Norman Gelb, the author ... the Soviets couldn't be trusted. When the American army was going to invade Berlin, Eisenhower had them stop. Three days later, the Soviets successfully captured Germans capitol and ended World War Two in Europe. Germany was then divided into four sectors between the Soviet Union, United States, England and Russia. East Germany was controlled by the Soviets. West Germany, also known as The Federal Republic, was controlled by England and the United States. The French had still not yet been assigned a section. When American troops ...
- 179: The Holocaust, An Injustice And Tragedy
- ... INTRODUCTION The Holocaust was not just an event. It was a process that continued for over a decade and involved millions of people. It was the effort of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany to exterminate the Jews and other people that they considered to be inferior. As a result about 12,000,000 people, about half of them Jews, were murdered. The first people to be systematically murdered ... of the victims perished as a result of shooting, starvation, disease, and poison gas. Others were tortured to death or died in horrible medical experiments. Adolf Hitler and his accomplices did not just take over Germany. They tried to create a new Germany based on their ideology. PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS The Nazis targeted many groups for persecution, among them Catholics, Poles, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Communists, but only three groups were targeted for systematic extermination: Jews, ...
- 180: 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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