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- 181: Analyse The Influence Of Nevil
- ... us the opportunity to analyse his influence on European International Relations. To many Chamberlain's era was the beginning of Britain's appeasement policy of avoiding war with aggressive powers such as Japan, Italy and Germany. However the origins of appeasement can be seen in British Foreign policy during the 1920's with the Dawes and Young plans. These policies tried to conciliate the Germans, as did the Locarno Peace treaties of 1925 - but the significant omission was that Britain did not agree to guarantee Germany's Eastern frontiers (which even Stresemann, the "good German" said must be revised). When Chamberlain's half brother Austin, the then Foreign Minister, remarked in 1925 that "no British Government would risk the bones of a single British Grenadier in defence of the Polish Corridor" it seemed to Germany that Britain had turned it's back on Eastern Europe. So it is clear that even before Chamberlain became Prime Minister that Britain had followed a foreign policy of appeasement. In the earlier stages ...
- 182: Rise of Superpowers After WWII
- ... early had the imperial powers had acted in concert. The memories of World War One however, were too powerful, and the general public would not condone a military solution at that point. The aggression of Germany, and to a lesser extent that of Italy, can be explained by this decline of imperial power. They were simply attempting to fill the power vacuum in Europe that Britain and France unwittingly left. After ... They went to war only because further appeasement would have only served to remove from them their little remaining world standing and prestige. The creation of a non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and Germany can be viewed as an example of imperial decline as well. Stalin explained the fact that he reached a rapprochement with Germany, and not one with Great Britain by stating that "the USSR and Germany had wanted to change the old equilibrium… England and France wanted to preserve it. Germany also wanted to make a change ...
- 183: Adolf Hitler 2
- ... regiment, He was a good solider and for the first time he found some recognition and felt himself to be part of community. Over the years Hitler became very devoted to the German military and Germany its self. The collapse of Germany was a personal catastrophe for him. Hitler did not want to believe that the fall of Germany was due in part to his admired military leaders. In the eyes of Hitler the collapse of Germany was due to those dark forces that he had scene in Vienna - Marxists and Jews. After ...
- 184: Stalin
- ... extending the entire distance between the Baltic and the Black seas. Under the third Five Year Plan, massive amounts of money and resources were pumped into the defense industry. Stalin still believed that war with Germany and Japan was possible. Preparations were made by creating a modern defense industry, military aviation, an up-to-date navy, civil-defense training for the whole population, and so on. During the two year period before the War with Germany the Soviet defense expenditure, wich had been 25 percent of the total budget in 1939, rose in 1941 to 43 percent of the state budget. Prior to this time the Soviets were getting away from ... unless he absolutely had to and even then he wanted to manoeuver it so the Red Army would only play a supporting role. Even long before the war, Stalin carefullly distinguished between the "aggressive" powers (Germany, Italy, japan) and the "non-aggressive" powers (France, Britain, USA, Canada). For the early part of the 1930's Stalin really didn't have a firm foreign policy. The only thing that his foreign ...
- 185: A New World Power
- ... placed in these camps. Support for Cubans cause of independence affected “deep historical roots” in the US which became the main cause for war. In World War I, problems developed when the following happened: - Germany violated the Sussex Pledge - Arthur Zimmerman wrote a note of alliance to Mexico - Germany sank the Lusitania Other problems developed with nationalism and military expansion. Since the French revolution, Europe has had the idea of national in which “people of the same ethnic, language, and political ideals have the right to be an independent nation.” Problems of nationalism still exist to today which results in tension between nation and regions. After 1870, Germany was having an Industrial Revolution causing an influx of manufacturing and expansion into foreign markets increasing. As a result of this tension, European nations created domestic and foreign policies that increased the dangers of ...
- 186: Operation Barbarossa: A Good Plan?
- ... Hitler, the inevitable assault on Russia was to be the culmination of a long standing obsession. He had always wanted Russia's industries and agricultural lands as part of his Lebensraum or 'living space' for Germany and their Thousand Year Reich. Russia had been on Hitler's agenda since he wrote Mein Kampf some 17 years earlier where he stated: 'We terminate the endless German drive to the south and the ... i Hitler wanted to exterminate and enslave the 'degenerate' Slavs and he wanted to obliterate their 'Jewish Bolshevist' government before it could turn on him. His 1939 pact with Stalin was only meant to give Germany time to prepare for war. As soon as Hitler controlled France, he looked east. Insisting that Britain was as good as defeated, he wanted to finish off the Soviet Union as soon as possible, before ... build-up was complete and the German Army stood poised for battle. Hitler's drive for Russia failed however, and the defeat of his army would prove to be a major downward turning point for Germany and the Axis counterparts. There are many factors and events which contributed to the failure of Operation Barbarossa right from the preparatory stages of the attack to the final cold wintry days when the ...
- 187: The Road To World War II
- ... drives. The Germans, who wanted the U.S. on their side, against Britain, violated pledges for the waters when it began U-boat attacks. This campaign was extended over many years. The two countries of Germany and England were desperate for the western giant’s support that would threaten American neutrality. The American people, however, would rather stay of war, and lose their right to the seas. Both sides became increasingly angry with the American position of neutrality. England publicly declared, “Anyone who talked of peace was a friend of Germany.” This created only hostility towards the British, but continued diplomacy with Germany. The underlying cause of this friendly nature was not to remain neutral. Wilson thought that if the Americans weren’t going to stand up for their rights to the seas, that this would be ...
- 188: The German-Great Britain Trade Rivalry in Comparison to the U.S.- Japan Trade Rivalry
- ... 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 ...
- 189: Nationalism In Europe
- ... twentieth century. One result that nationalism had on Europe was the wanting of unification. The people of nation states wanted their country to belong as well. This wanting lead to the unifying of Italy and Germany. Soon nationalism had increased the people’s confidence. and a feeling of imperialism ran through the unified countries. Unified countries such as France, Germany, and Russia wanted to extend their empires. But this Imperialism in Europe led to many conflicts between countries. All this Conflict eventually resulted in the beginning of World War I The causes of World War ... into the 20th century, and the establishment of large armies in Europe after 1871. Imperialism created a rivalry between nations and empires. The build-up of armies and navies created fear between nations. France feared Germany, Germany feared Russia, Britain feared the German's expanding navy, and Italy was jealous of French and English colonies in Africa. The Ottoman Empire also struggled to survive in a hostile climate. Germany signed ...
- 190: Albert Einstein
- ... Einstein's General Theory of relativity, but few know about the intriguing life that led this scientist to discover what some have called, "The greatest single achievement of human thought." Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1874. Before his first birthday, his family had moved to Munich where young Albert's father, Hermann Einstein, and uncle set up a small electro-chemical business. He was fortunate to have ... 1912 he chose to accept a job placing him in high authority at the Federal Institute of Technology, where he had originally studied. It was not until 1914 that Einstein was tempted to return to Germany to become research director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics. World War I had a strong effect on Einstein. While the rest of Germany supported the army, he felt the war was unnecessary, and disgusting. The new weapons of war which attempted to mass slaughter people caused him to devote much of his life toward creating peace. Toward ...
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