Alsace-Lorraine

The First World War started in 1914 and lasted for a period of 52 months, much more than originally expected. This war of attrition caused the deaths of around 20 million people, most of them civilians. As many wanted to avoid the horrors of another war and to improve relations among nations, a Conference was called for. The Versailles Conference, 1919 consisted on just the winning countries of the war. Each and every one of them was hoping to get the maximum benefit for his country. This was a traditional

cause World War II by imposing territorial losses, military restrictions, economic reparation, and a War Guilt Clause. The Treaty took territory away from Germany. Alsace and Lorraine, the Polish Corridor, and a small area north of East Prussia were taken, as well as all of Germany's colonies in Africa and the Pacific. Alsace and Lorraine was a particularly devastating loss because it was an area that produced 40% of Germany's coal (Doc A). The African colonies also caused significant economic losses

Barbara Tuchman’s book, The Guns of August begins in 1910, at King Edward VII of England’s funeral. At the funeral there are nine European kings there to pay their respects. One of the kings is his nephew, German Kaiser Wilhelm. Wilhelm resented how England softened Germany’s rise as a European power, affiliating instead with France, Russia, and Japan. Wilhelm desired power and acknowledgment and used Edward’s funeral to begin calculating. Over the years, Germany prepares for war, making plans to

“The conflicting fears and desires of many States and peoples did not create a European war, but they served as a set of multiple fuses waiting to ignite, should war between two States.” (Gilbert 6). World War 1 is a very complex war that had definitely caused many adversities to the world. WWI had begun erupted in the summer of July 1914 to November 1918. The grand total of 8,528,831 civilians had died during the war. Many European nations have involved in this global conflict, which upset the European

late 19th and early 20th century, it sparked an all-out war which many know as World War 1. Throughout the course of the events that occurred prior to WW1, there were many nationalistic nations such as Germany, Britain, France, Russia and Austria, Alsace, and Balkans that had contributed to the cause of WW1. Europe’s main powers had split up into two alliances: The Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy) and The Triple Entente (Britain, Russia and France). Italy became a nominal member

For the French is was reacquiring the lost region of Alsace-Lorraine. This was of course a justified annexation since France had controlled Alsace-Lorraine since Napoleon. What was not justified was their transference of the city and region of Danzig to Poland.. When the Treaty of Versailles was signed, Poland was given Danzig. The Allies reasoning was

From 1914 to 1918, the world was overshadowed by a horrific war-World War 1. The Treaty of Versailles ended World War 1 with the hopes of no more wars in the future, however nobody expected it to be to foundation of the next catastrophe in Europe-World War 2. World War One that lasted from 1914-1918 was one of the most horrific wars in history. Europe was devastated and covered in a veil of anger and bitterness. Millions of people died or were wounded. Many cities in Europe were completely destroyed

fourteen points also made many suggestions concerning land and areas that had been involved in conflict stretching back even to the Prussian occupation of Alsace-Lorraine. Such suggestions included an evaluation of colonial claims, of Russian territory, and the restoration of states like Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro. Of course, the Alsace-Lorraine was to be restored to France, which caused even more of a struggle for Germany to support itself. All of these were penultimate to Wilson’s sincere desire

Ask any person on the street what the causes of World War II were, and they’ll reply, “Hitler”, “the Nazis”, or “the Holocaust”. Not one of them will even think to blame the United States, France, Italy, or Britain, the so-called “good guys” of World War II. But it was the actions of these four Allied countries that started this war in the first place. At the end of World War I, Britain, the United States, Italy, and France had to decide what to do with the Central Powers – namely, Germany, the Ottoman

devise a strategy that could allow the Germans to fight against their enemies that surrounded them(France and Russia). This plan was developed in a study written in the early 1906 .It involved the attack the northwest of Belgium and defending the Alsace-Lorraine border with a smaller German army. Once the tactic was archived, the second facet of the plan consisted that the Germans would move their troops to the Eastern frontier to fight against the Russian Army. The Schlieffen plan was going to be