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Essays in International relations 1900-1939 category
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“The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 grew out of a short term crisis in the Balkans, but any attempt to understand
... of the war was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, which, if not for the aforementioned factors, would have a much smaller consequence than a world war. In fact, if not for the tension which was built and maintained for around ...
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Why were the fighting and living conditions so bad for British soldiers on the Western Front in World War One?
... This was when the feet turn red or blue, go numb, severe chilblains and get gangrene. It's caused by exposing the feet to cold water for too long. Amputation of the toes or foot was sometimes necessary. The cause of ...
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" … The most important reason why Germany hated the treaty Of Versailles was the loss of territory…" discuss
... there troupes right up to the edge of there country where as there was a big part of Germany that wasn't allowed to be occupied with troupes. Also the Saar, where all of Germany's coal mines were, (Germany's main source ...
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"Britains foreign policy changed between 1900-1907" - Assess the Truth in this Opinion.
... change, as India was still Britains Colonial priority, but now her policies were under threat from France and Russia, and Britain would have to look for other ways to secure the brightest jewel in their crown. Other complications arose by ...
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"Castlereagh's foreign policy 1815-1822 was more successful than Canning's foreign policy 1822-1827" - Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement.
... held in Vienna, however, all the important decisions would be made by the four great powers: England (represented by Castlereagh), Austria (Prince Metternich), Prussia (Count Hardenburg) and Russia (Tsar Alexander I). Vienna had three main aims. The first was to ...
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"Dad's Army" - How much can you learn from these sources about the work of the Home Guard?
... can see this in source B, which was written by an old member of the obstruction gang who tried to delay German tanks with objects they found, but it didn't do much to hold up the Germans. Source C is ...
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"Ever since its creation in 1920, the League of Nationswas destined to fail." Discuss.
... didn't want to join because she had desire to have an isolationist policy throughout the world. Russia was not allowed to join because of the fact that she had a communist government and in 1918 the royal family had been ...
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"Germany came to see itself as a victim without actually being destroyed" How accurate is this?
... by not being too dismissive" He claims that although they were responsible for their own people they also were also able to think on an international level. Their three main aims were "to guarantee Europe against the possibility of future ...
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"Germany must bear ultimate responsibility for the outbreak of the First World War." How far do you agree with this judgment?
... the murder. This is where Austria became involved in the outbreak of the war. Following the discovery, Austria left Serbia with an ultimatum. This ultimatum demanded a full investigation into the assassination and went to say that the Serbian government ...
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"Germany should introduce a toll for use of its autobahn - not only for lorries, but for all traffic. Neighbouring transit countries such as Austria, France and Switzerland do it, too."
... tax2 for the infrastructural system as it is spent for it. Additionally trains and buses would be more overcrowded. Not to think about that this idea would cost all German citizens a lot of extra money. Firstly, German inhabitants already ...
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"Germany was responsible for causing the 1st World War" Do you agree?
... Wilhelm I, had taken Alsace-Lorraine, and were eager for revenge, and to reclaim Alsace-Lorraine. This conquering of Alsace- Lorraine started of hatred between Germany and France. This added to the European tension. Germany sought coalition with Austria-Hungary and Russia ...
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"How far would you argue that it was clear from the beginning that the league of nations would fail?"
... order. At the assembly ( based in Geneva) all the countries had to take a vote and they had to vote on the members budget, at the International Labour Organization they aimed to improve the working conditions for the workers ...
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"It was inevitable that the Treaty of Versailleswould lead to another war." Do you think that the three leaders made a mistake in 1919?
... Treaty and highlight the aims and objectives of the influential leaders in the Paris Peace Conference, primarily Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Wilson. The Treaty of Versailles was signed on the 3rd July 1919. The Treaty has been portrayed as incredibly ...
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"Overshadowed in Germany by the Hohenzollerns, the Habsburgs began to exert an adverse influence over European affairs." Is this a fair description of Austria's role in Europe after 1866 up to the outbreak of World War One ?
... Russia. This secret alliance, though from which Germany had little to gain, bore much significance to Austria-in the way that it re-lifted the apparently collapsing Habsburg Monarchy to a world power status again. The alliance secured her of German friendship, ...
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"Popular Nationalist Sentiment; Military Superiority; Economic Power; The Genius of Bismark." Which of these Factors Seems to you to be the Most Important in the Eventual Unification of Germany Between 1863 and 1871?
... Prussia took Schleswig and Austria took Holstein. This gave Bismark the chance to pick a quarrel with Austria whenever he saw the need. It has been argued that Bismark did not deliberately set out for war with Denmark, but cleverly ...
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"Tension between the countries of Europe increased in year before 1914 due to the arms race but war was always avoided because the great powers acted together to keep the peace". How far do you agree with this statement?
... rebellions in Bosnia and Bulgaria, so he sent in troops and inflicted cruel reprisals, including the massacre of 10,000 Bulgarians in 1876. Russian was angry with this and sent in her army to protect the Bulgarians who were Slavs like ...
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"The breakdown of the Concert of Europe was largely due to the increasing differences among the Powers over the issue of how peace could be maintained" - Elaborate on this statement.
... peace by international cooperation. Negotiations, discussions were held to solve problems. She tried not to be involved in the European matters, isolation policy was upheld. She allowed countries to have liberal movements. She thought that people have the right to ...
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"The breakdown of the Concert of Europe was mainly caused by disagreements amongst the Powers over the issue of intervention." Discuss the validity of this statement.
... conflicts between themselves in order to prevent large-scale war. The European statesmen favoured a councillor system. That was, the Powers were to meet regularly to discuss over problems which affected their mutual interest. However, they had a major difference in dealing with revolution. The leaders ...
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"The first world war was the result of a badly mismanaged Balkan crisis in the summer of 1914 rather than the product of long standing rivalries between the great powers." Assess the truth of this opinion on the causes of the outbreak of World War One.
... 1871 in the Franco-Prussian war and the unification of Germany, the nation became the greatest military power in Europe and a potential threat to the other powers. Bismarck the German Chancellor had very clear aims in foreign policy; to show ...
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"The First World War was the result of a badly mismanaged Balkan Crisis in the summer of 1914, rather than the product of long standing rivalries between the Great Powers" - Discuss.
... achieved by uniting the 7.5 million Serbs in Austria-Hungary with the 3.5 million in Serbia. This could only be achieved at the expense of Austria-Hungary. Russian backing for Serbia complicated the problem. If Serbia did not get what she wanted ...
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"The League of Nations was doomed to failure from the start" - discuss.
... International Labour Organisation (ILO), which tried to improve international standards of work. Both of these organisations were influential in improving the standards of life in some of the poorest stretches of the world. These early success in the setting up of ...
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"The most important aim of the foreign policy 1933-36 was to overthrow the treaty of Versailles". How valid is this statement to the Nazi foreign policy in this period?
... the war when they were so close to victory. All of these problems provided the basis for some of the other problems which the faced the new republic. Austen The Allies drew up the treaty based on the 'war guilt' ...
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"The most important reason why Germany hated the treaty of Versailles was the loss of territory." Do you agree with this statement?
... were: - * Alsace-Lorraine to France * Moresnet, Eupen and Malmédy to Belgium, * North Schleswig to Denmark * Parts of West Prussia, Posen and Upper Silesia to Poland * Parts of East Prussia to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia Danzig * Saarland ...
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"The treaty of Versailles represented neither a Wilson peace nor a Clemenceau peace, but a witch's brew concocted of the least palatable ingredients of each". To what extent is this judgment of the Treaty of Versailles appropriate?
... large and in Europe in particular. Such was the aim that the most important Powers present at the Treaty conference had in mind. All, however, disagreed strongly on the ways to implement this peace. Therefore, "The treaty of Versailles represented ...
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"The Treaty of Versilles was far too harsh on Germany." To what extent do you agree with this statement?
... which they later did. They had no air force, submarines or tanks, the navy limited and the army only had 100,000 men, and this German argument was they had no means to defend themselves from attacks, which may come. The ...