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- 211: World Wars of the 20th Century
- ... marked by a feeling of revulsion to all war on the part of most of the belligerents. The armies of the Allies--France, Britain, and the United States--were all drastically reduced in size. Only Germany differed in these matters. Convinced that their country had been betrayed by its politicians in World War I, the Germans continued to prepare secretly for another conflict. Russia, allied with France against Germany, had been knocked out of the conflict by the Revolution of 1917 and a hastily arranged treaty with the new Communist government. The gravest mistake made by the former Allies between 1919 and 1939 was the failure of the military to keep up with industrial development and new technologies. The one change that was made was the addition of air force auxiliaries to the several armies. While Germany was secretly modifying its industries for rapid changeover to wartime production, the other nations were convinced a war could not occur again. When war did come in 1939, the Allies had to make very ...
- 212: Explanation of the Holocaust in Freud's "Civilization and Its Discontents"
- ... many excuses, and many rationalizations made in describing the world's failure to act. The fact still remains that six million innocent men, women, and children were murdered. These explanations for the acts of Hitler, Germany, and the world at large come from many sources. Historians, theologians, educators, and psychologists all have differing views on the subject. Ironically enough, the most famous psychologist whose opinion would have been most appreciated on ... Civilization and Its Discontents was first published in 1930, while Freud resided in Vienna, Austria. Undoubtedly, Freud was aware of the happenings in the world political arena, particularly the events that were transpiring in neighboring Germany. More specifically, he was in a position to view the beginning of Hitler's rise to power. It is interesting to note that Vienna of the early twentieth century where Hitler and Freud lived was ... 3). The contents of the book included Hitler's blueprints for His Europe. Hitler was finally given his chance to transform the face of Europe in 1933, when he gained the office of chancellor of Germany. It was five years after this event, in 1938 that Freud and his family emigrated out of Vienna, in an effort to escape the wrath of Hitler. Freud first went to Paris, and later ...
- 213: World War 2
- ... Wars simply because they involved most of the big countries of the world. Many people have died in these wars.. especially the second World War. That is my focus for this essay. The leader of Germany at the time of WW2 and the person who most think started WW2 was a man named Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler was born in Austria. By the time that World War 1 started in 1914, he was living in Germany. He served well in the German Army and for that he earned a medal for bravery. At the end of the war Hitler decided to take up politics. By 1921 he was already the founding ... other reasons, he was definitely one of them. Another reason was the Treaty of Versailles. This was the treaty that was signed at the end of World War 1. This treaty outlined the rules that Germany must follow because of their defeat by Britain and France. Many Germans were angered by the treaty, for most of the rules in the treaty were unfair and Germany lost a great amount of ...
- 214: World War II
- ... few events that set the stage for the entire thing. Things continued to get worse, until finally, the seemingly inevitable happened. There were several events that set the stage for the upcoming crisis. In Europe, Germany specifically, Adolf Hitler had gained control. Hitler was the head of the Nazi party, a Fascist political group. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Japan had invaded Manchuria, a province in China. The ... wiping out allied war debts. Congress, however, would not go along with such a thing. As time went by, the crisis in Europe continued to deepen. Hitler had started to become more aggressive. In 1938, Germany invaded Austria, and annexed it two days later. Later, Germany set its sights on Czechoslovakia. Hitler called Czechoslovakia's president, Emil Hacha, to Berlin. Once he arrived, Hacha was practically forced to allow Germany's occupation of the Sudetenland. Several early events occurred that ...
- 215: The Extermination of the Jews
- The Extermination of the Jews In World War I Germany thought they were going to win the war, but they didn't. Germany didn't have the right military support and weapons to win. After the war Hitler was mad because Germany didn't win the war and he blamed it on the Jews. Hitler then decided he would try to take control of Germany by getting the support from all the Germans so he could ...
- 216: 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 ...
- 217: 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 ...
- 218: Adolph Hitlers' Rise to Power
- ... A Nazi-led "labor front" was established to control the workers and ensure the peace in factories and workshops. After Hitler became Chancellor, he passed a law that prohibited there being any other party in Germany other than the Nazis. By doing all of these things it was giving us a glimpse of what he was going to be like when he got into power. These examples show that Hitler was ... suffered great losses in World War I and was still trying to recover when he came into power. Restoring the power back into his country was of great importance to him. After World War I, Germany had 7,142,558 casualties. The losses were immense. Hitler's Germany had a lot to recover from. Hitler had plans for all Germans to gather into one empire and be ruled by one leader
himself. Germany really didn't have enough farmland to feed the ...
- 219: Cold War
- At the conclusion of the WWII Germany was divided into 4 zones of occupation controlled by Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States. Berlin, the capital of Germany, was located in the Soviet controlled section of Germany. Lack of agreement and compromise with the Soviet Union concerning the unity of Germany led to the beginning of the Cold War. The term Cold War was first used by an American Financier Bernard ...
- 220: Tactics of a Revolution: The Protestant Reformation
- Tactics of a Revolution: The Protestant Reformation The Protestant Reformation was a long time coming, with the influences of John Hus and John Wyclif. However, Martin Luthers attempt to reform organized religion in Germany, especially, was far more successful than the efforts of Hus and Wyclif. Not only was German society ready for a drastic change due to the dissatisfaction with the Catholic church, but the printing press, growing ... to all people in their own language. However, it seems that the timing for a reformation was simply not right during the times of Hus and Wyclif. When Luther began his crusades, numerous groups in Germany were discontented with the changes they saw taking place around them. Peasants desired the right to hunt and fish as they had been able to in the past, and disapproved of the rising taxes being ... due to a new reliance on infantry and artillery, rather than cavalry. All these people were becoming increasingly disapproving of the church and were desperate for a new means of worship and religious power in Germany. The political situation in Germany during that time was also favorable for those desiring a religious revolution. Germany was not a centralized monarchy, but a collection of semi-independent territories loosely combined into a ...
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