French invasion of Russia

Constantinople was known for their impregnable walls. Walls that even the feared Attila the Hun couldn’t breach. However, no amount of walls or the strength of the walls could withstand the Ottoman’s canons. The walls that had protected the city against many invasions were finally brought down. There are many more examples of how technology can make or break empires. Another factor is the will or spirit. In the previous point, it was mentioned that while technology did affect tan empire largely, there are exceptions

into two or more forces to fight against both contending forces at the same time. During World War I however, Germany was in a position having to fight France, Great Britain, and Belgium towards the Western Front of Germany, whilst having to fight Russia on the Eastern Front. Since Germany had to disperse their strength, the other countries end the

started in Russia with Karl Marx where each person was treated under the same circumstances such as pay. It was developed to create an equal and fair society government known as the social party where no one was favoured. It was unable to perform efficiently as it slowly developed into an unfair situation where people where obviously higher and

Operation Overlord The Allied position in early 1942 seemed unpromising. Hitler still had all the ground he had obtained in his blitzkrieg campaign of the previous five years and was gaining ground in Russia. The Nazis now also had a large foothold in North Africa and were ready to seize the oil fields of Arabia. Without large scale successful intervention by the Western Allies (Great Britain, America and Canada) it looked very likely

In particular, Russians felt an ethnic and nationalistic connection with the Balkan Serbians, who too were a Slavic people.5 When this treaty crumpled, Bismarck responded with the 1887 Reassurance Treaty with Russia that stated that each party would remain neutral if the other power became involved in war.6 Finally, in 1902, the Triple Alliance, the alliance that would remain intact during World War One, was formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy.7

In 1936, when the Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance was signed by France and Russia, Germany argued that it was under threat from both sides and that is was required that soldiers be stationed in the Rhineland to prevent Germany fighting a two front war. France was not strong enough and Britain was not financially prepared for another war. Many British and French politicians thought that because the Rhineland was a part of Germany, it was okay that part of the German

While studying the Seven Years war, I learned about the difficulties people faced during that time, and it was incredible to see how Europe was shaped from this event. Also knowing about the French and Indian war that took place in the American colonies, it was interesting to know about the backstory where it took place in Europe, and began in Prussia. The War was also known as the first global conflict with two main fronts. The first front in Europe, and soon expands to America as the war escalates

allowed the entire British and French army escape after trapping them in the poor city of Dunkirk. What he should have done instead was he should have made a deal with the leaders of Britain and France saying that, “I will return your soldiers if you agree to fight by my side and conquer the world with me.” He would have been successful if this had happened. His second mistake was when Hitler decided to act on Operation Sea Lion the invasion of Britain. This invasion had three parts;Destroy the British

their presence yielded no major results. Russia, despite temporarily being rejuvenated by Romania's entrance into the war, continued to crumble internally as animosity towards the largely incompetent royal family grew, in large part due to Russia’s role in the war. In 1917, revolution overtook Russia, the monarchy being abolished and multiple governments being established and subsequently toppled. The Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, took power and upon German invasion of Ukraine hesitantly agreed to the Treaty

The Invasion of Poland (1939): • Germany had lost land to Poland under the Treaty of Versailles. • Many German-speaking people lived in areas that were now part of Poland. • Germany viewed Poles as subhuman and wanted their land for lebensraum. • The Nazi-Soviet Pact ensured Russia would not stop Germany’s invasion of Poland. • Hitler thought Britain and France would not keep their promise to defend Poland. • On 1 September 1939 Hitler ordered the German army to invaded Poland. • Britain