History is made up of details and decisions. These decisions can change or alter history. Our Reacting to the Past role-playing simulations prove this. Every decision made in the July Crisis game, can either alter the history or further cement it. Our game had several similarities and differences when compared to the actual start of World War I. The similarities between life and recreation are the alliances and mobilization plans, while the differences involve the events in Belgium. A similarity between the class simulation and the historical record is that all the major countries remained loyal to their allies and honored their treaties. After the death of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Germany will honor their arrangement with Austria Hungary if war breaks out. On the other side, Russia upheld their pact with Serbia. France decided to hold up their agreement with Russia. Britain also honored the Triple Entente and joined the war on the side of Russia and France after Germany invaded Belgium. The reason these countries upheld their agreements in the simulation as they did in real life is based on the individual characters’ role …show more content…
In the actual history of World War One, Germany allowed their troops to wreak havoc in Belgium while in our simulation we used troops to suppress uprisings and secure our supply lines. The difference in decisions would have effected Germany differently during the war. In history they are depicted as Huns and barbarians due to their actions in Belgium, while in our game the Germans would not have been called Huns and barbaric. By choosing to suppress the Belgian civilians who rebelled without the use of extreme force, we might have prevented the character assassinations of the Germans. Therefore, by not having the Rape of Belgium occur, this action would prevent the haunting propaganda images and the Hun comparisons from rallying countries against
In the year 1961, Fritz Fischer had presented his book, which was known as Germany's Aims in First World War and it had been successful in launching a debate among German historians and scholars as older historians severely criticized and opposed Fischer and his book. However, his contemporaries and younger historians supported his book. The book draws a detailed and comprehensive picture of Germany and its aims during the World War I.
Wilhelm II: Russia was the sworn enemy of Germany since its forsake. After the Germany was unified by Bismarck at 1870s, it became a monarchy state ruled by emperors like me. Bismarck planed to build a stable alliance in order to counteract the hostile from France and Britain. So that, he decided to form an alliance with Russia , Austro-Hungarian empire and Italy. By a series of treaties, this system finally took shape. But, at 1892, Russia betrayed Germany and form alliance with
|first invade Belgium, and Great Britain honors its treaty obligations to defend Belgian neutrality, declaring war on Germany. |
The settlement for this negotiated simulation was well thought out and strategically planned; however, in hindsight the settlement could have been different with complete information exposed. One of the biggest determining factors in the outcome of the settlement was who made the first opening position. In this simulation, the opening position to provide financial compensation to the cities was instigated by Euro Mouse. If Euro Mouse had let either of the cities make an opening offer first, they might have negotiated a much smaller number to pay out financial compensation to the cities. Despite this situation in the simulation, we quickly identified the bargaining zone and both Euro Mouse and the cities were able to negotiate an adequate settlement
In the area of knowledge of history, certain crucial questions are inevitable, as to what constitutes knowledge: How do we know our past? Who records them, and what are we recording? The last question is the most important one as it is in the hands of the historian to ascertain what should go down in history and how it should be recorded. Therefore, he/she has the power to create a perspective for the people who will subscribe to this historical knowledge. This bring us to the next important question - How far does opinion impact on the historians methodology, and the extent to which the ‘context’ of the historian leads to new historical interpretations? To understand this better, let us take an example. Context: One of the greatest historical
World War II plays a very important part in the history of the world. It still has effects that we deal with today. So, what events could have possibly started such a monumental world war? Well, the events are: World War I, Great Depression, expansion of imperialism, Versailles Treaty, and the rise of Germany. This was a dangerous chain reaction of events that lead to the devastating effects of the war.
The Failure of Democracy in Germany in the Period 1928 to 1934 Those in power in Weimar Germany so consistently mishandled the political and economic situation leading up to the period 1928-1934, that a well-structured challenge from the Nazi Party brought about the fall of democracy. This Nazi Party was stronger ideologically, structurally within the party and politically, with Hitler as Fuhrer a major factor himself. In addition, factions within Germany for whom a right-wing political system was more beneficial, such as the army and big business, aided the eventual change in governance. Thus a series of events occurred which can be summarised by these three main factors: failure of the Weimar
The First World War was a huge event which ended abruptly; going from huge German advances after March 1918 to Germany asking for peace later that year: they were forced from a hard hitting offensive to defeat for various reasons:
By the fall of 1917, the stalemate in Europe had loosened as Russia Empire collapsed and the Italian army was destroyed and forced to retreat. Thus the European theater was reduced from a 3 - front war to a 1 - front war. This allowed Germany to focus more resources on the meat grinder of the Western Front (MM - 317). Yet, American forces were still preparing and unable to help the impending threat of a German Offensive Campaign.
In the dawn of the twentieth century, while political turmoil spurred tension amongst European nations, a single bullet incited one of the bloodiest, most gruesome wars to ever happen in human history. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the Austrian Archduke, by the hands of a Bosnian Serb propelled a conflict of gigantic proportions, pitting country against country and dividing the continent into two rival factions. However, the mayhem that ensued was for nothing. It is evident that the war was unnecessary, for its roots were pointlessly trivial, it could have been avoided, and yet it left a shattered world behind, damaging the world in a way that would take decades to repair.
There are many different factors attributed to Germany’s early success during the Second World War. While some factors were more significant to the German’s success, there is no debating that all of them contributed to the German’s attacking and conquering of Europe. It took quite a while for the Germans to begin to have trouble winning battles. The early success of Germany from 1939 to 1941 was due to Western Europe being afraid to have another World War, America’s lack of initial intervention, the Blitzkrieg, and Adolf Hitler’s intelligent militaristic strategy.
The Nazis, between 1933 and 1941, were trying to ‘cleanse’ Germany of all Jews. Many Jews tried escaping to other countries. However, Germany was capturing other countries that Jews were in, such as Austria. The German and Austrian Jews tried to flee to America during the Great Depression, but they were not accepted because Americans were afraid they would take away jobs. To limit the number of immigrants, Congress set up quotas in 1924. These quotas remained even after the election of President Roosevelt, who called for a conference to discuss the international problem of the refugees. Myron C. Taylor, a businessman and friend of Roosevelt, along with 32 other representatives from other countries, met at a French resort in Evian during 1938.
World War I and World War II were known as the two largest military conflicts in history. Many countries went to war and many lives were lost. Both wars consisted of many different alliances between different countries involved in whichever war.
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