Alsace-Lorraine

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were two offensive operations that were planned to occur almost simultaneously in the French Alsace-Lorraine territory. Operation Nordwind was not the only relative operation planned to fight off the Allied force from entering Germany thru France. Operation Baseplate (Unternehmen Bodenplatte) was the Germans aerial offensive operation designed to weaken allied forces in northwestern Europe (“Ardennes-Alsace,” 2003). Ultimately, the second operation greatly depended on the successful outcome of Operation

was only written to benefit the ‘Big Three’ as France gained control over ‘Alsace-Lorraine’ and demilitarized Rhineland, America established that Germany’s army would be cut by a fourth, and Britain ensured that Germany would pay for all the expenses of the war. To begin, France was the first of the ‘Big Three’ that was able to establish what they wanted. France stated that they wished to gain control over Alsace-Lorraine which was a territory in Germany, but had a population which included numerous

at the time, and France. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1871, Prussia managed to capture Alsace-Lorraine, a part of France. The French were unsettled by their defeat and loss of land, determined to reclaim Alsace-Lorraine as a representation of their power and authority in Europe. This goal led to revanchism in France, where they would “suddenly one day rise [to] regain Lorraine [and] recapture Alsace.” A

Triple Entente ally France to open up a second front in the west. Over forty years earlier in 1870, the Franco-Prussian War had ended the Second French Empire and France had ceded the provinces of Alsace-Lorraine to a unified Germany. Bitterness over that defeat and the determination to retake Alsace-Lorraine made the acceptance of Russia's plea for help an easy choice, so France began full mobilisation on 1 August and, on 3 August, Germany declared war on France. The border

Emily Braley Mr. Tracy, Mr. Tureff IB History 15 Dec. 2015 Which countries should become immediate members of the league of nations or at some point thereafter? In the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations was to be comprised of countries who were dedicated to preserving and nurturing international peace; hence members were selected based on their perceived ability to carried out this mission and many of the Allies were given the opportunity to join from the beginning. Countries such as Germany

The paper, originally designed to be the sole protector from future German invasion, cost 75 million lives. This paper caused humiliation, cost billions of dollars, and most importantly, did the opposite of its intended purpose. This paper was designed to maintain peace and stability in the world after the outbreak of World War I. The Treaty of Versailles planted the seeds of hatred in Germany, and soon enough, this hatred allowed for the rise of Adolf Hitler, a cruel and vicious dictator. The Treaty’s

preceding to his amendments of the original plan, “dooming the plan before it was ever launched” (L.C.F. Turner). Moltke disregarded the original plan of luring the French into Germany through Alsace-Lorraine, and instead diverted a portion of men from the upper right hook into Paris and to the defence of Alsace-Lorraine. Furthermore, Moltke made the decision to not travel through Holland and make use of their rail system. As a result, the German Army became bottlenecked and their “fighting power was practically

The Treaty of Versailles Was the Most Pleasing to Woodrow Wilson or George Clemenceau? After the First World War a treaty had to be made to punish Germany for their actions. This had to be done as Germany had lost the war and had signed the Armistice on the 11th November 1918. The German peoples were hungry, war weary and demanded peace. The Paris peace conference's job was to write the Treaty of Versailles. Britain, America and France all had representatives at this meeting;

therefore keeping Germany safe from attack. He planned to do this through the use of gaining european alliances which included Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Russia. “Believing that France would remain Germany 's enemy because of the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine, an action he had opposed because of the enmity it would cause,” he left France isolated (Germany-