turning point? Jonathan Sokolov The Treaty of Versailles was a monumental stage in German history‚ helping to shape German history for arguably the best part of thirty years. It can be argued that the Treaty was the most significant event since the unification of Germany in 1890. The short term consequences were also highly prominent as over 300‚000 Germans fled to America in the years 1917-23. Moreover many Germans were aggrieved by the Treaty‚ this lead to public exploits (Kapp Putsch and Munich
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Labrador retriever vs. German shepherd By: Amy Loudermilk The German shepherd and Labrador retriever both share similarities and differences. I’ve always wondered why the k-9 police force use German Shepherds most of the time and not Labrador retrievers. So Today I’m going to take you through the differences between a German shepherd and Labrador retriever to see why German Shepherds are used more commonly than a Labrador retriever. The similarities between a German shepherd and a Labrador retriever
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Possibly one of the most asked questions in military history is how was the German Army able to decisively defeat a numerically equivalent Allied Army in France during May and June 1940? One of the primary reasons for Germany’s success was their innovation in armored warfare‚ particularly at the tactical and operational levels during the interwar period. The study of the German Army during a period of prolonged peace and constrained resources reveals that one of the most important qualities that
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Cultural orientations and their impact on business management in Germany: Power‚ Individualism and Competitiveness in German Business By Anna Schmähling Edited for: Cross-Cultural Comparative Management Master Course in Spring Semester 2011 At Vilnius University Vilnius‚ 2011 Power Hierarchy with strong departmental influence From the author´s experience as a German citizen power is associated with strength‚ masculinity‚ trust‚ confidence. Beneath the often not flexible hierarchical
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evolution of the German American identity in nineteenth century America. The German American identity of the 19th century is one that evolved as the century progressed. The German American population was seen as being beneficial to the American economy as this ethnic group was considered to be skillful and hard working. In the early 19th century‚ both the social and political stance of Germans was vastly different in comparison to their position at the turn of the century. Initially‚ “Germans in America
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To what extent was German policy responsible for the outbreak of WWI? Without a doubt‚ German was one of the most important European powers that were responsible for the outbreak of WWI. Before Bismark was fired‚ he built a great web of alliances for Germany with all possible effort he could make. The Three Emperors’ League joined Germany‚ Russia and Austria-Hungary into an alliance in 1873. In 1879‚ Bismark made a separate treaty with Austrians. The Triple Alliance between Germany‚ Austria
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The German-Great Britain Trade Rivalry in Comparison to the U.S.- Japan Trade Rivalry The German-Great Britain trade rivalry like the U.S.-Japan trade rivalry involved a rising power cutting into the trade of an already dominant trading power. There were several causes of the German-Great Britain trade rivalry according to Hoffman. The first was German’s industry’s zeal in procuring new contracts and expanding markets. They did this by fulfilling contracts even if they were very small and
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the grey areas where the current status quo was too dissatisfying. Germany in and after the First World War and Italy from Risorgimento to Mosolini’s Fascist regime were two places of this kind. Two artistic movements emerged at this time: German Expressionism and Italian Futurism‚ pioneered respectively by two imaginative architects: Bruno Taut and Sant’Elia. Although utopias seem to be discarded after World War II‚ they are worth examining. Both Bruno Taut and Sant’Elia’s architecture drawings
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is clear that some of the countries held great anti-German feelings during and after the war. Especially France‚ they held the highest lack of remorse against the Germans. Whereas countries such as the United Kingdom and the USA wanted majority peace throughout Europe and felt that peace was the main objective rather than annexation of land etc. It is fundamentally clear that Frances ideas pursued in the treaty was solely based on anti German feelings. They wanted to annex the Rhineland and‚ even
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country with colonial superiority had majority influence meaning the struggle to be part of the most prestigious empire was at the heart of the many countries around Europe. As Crowe stated‚ ‘The dream of a colonial empire had taken a deep hold on the German public opinion.’ This craving for international power led to strained relations and various clashes in the build up to WW1‚ for example‚ the First Moroccan Crisis. France (and Britain) issued a programme of reform to bring Morocco stability‚ and in
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