Germany

Germany is located in Central Europe, Northern Hemisphere. Germany’s population (82 million people), is the largest population in the European Union, although the population has declined in the past decade by 2 million people. On the German flag, the colours red, black and yellow all represent something. The first stripe, (black) is meant to represent determination. The second stripe (red) represents many concepts such as hardiness, bravery, strength and valour. The last horizontal stripe (gold/yellow)

England, France and Russia, and the Alliance of Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Each of these had allies themselves, such as Serbia, several Balkan nations, Italy and Turkey. England and Germany had been in a naval arms race since 1905, England to maintain its control of all the world's sea lanes, Germany to act as a counter to England and to maintain its ability to conduct world trade. England was the dominant world sea power, Germany the dominant European land power. On June 28,

After a quasi-period of forgetfulness, the abolition of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, and the assimilation of certain Roma (later to be known as Sinti), some of the Balkan and Vlax Roma migrated to Germany after being emancipated in Romania. This new influx would initiate further persecution when Otto von Bismarck in 1886 ordered all non-German citizens to be removed from German lands. In Munich on March 1899, an “Information Service on Gypsies” was established by the Security Police in the Imperial

got together to decide what Germany's punishments should be after losing the war. The terms that they came up with were nearly impossible for Germany to meet, these terms included Germany to pay in gold, in land, in resources, and to reduce military strength. Also they had to take full responsibility for causing world war I. One of the terms that Germany had to meet was A large debt in gold for reparations to the other countries, Which was 132 billion gold marks (Doc C). Although they had to pay

of Germany WWII ended on September 2, 1945 when the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. However the war ended in Europe on May 7, 1945 when Germany surrendered to the Allied powers. Right when WWII ended, the Potsdam Conference commenced in July and August 1945, and during this conference Germany was divided into four quadrants.The tension between the Allied powers and the Soviet Union started the Cold War in 1947, when the Soviet Union did not want to combine its quadrant with West Germany because

together, agreeing that Germany was at fault for the cost of the damage that world war one had caused and drafted the Treaty of Versailles. The main terms of the Treaty were: That the starting of World War One was Germany’s fault •The amount of 6,600 million pounds was to be paid by Germany for the damage the war caused •Germany’s army was restructured to a small army with only six naval ships. •Germany had land taken from them and give to other countries. Germany itself was in hardship

Germany, a country rich in culture and heritage, yet plagued by the fallout of World War I and World War II, has progressed to become the centerpiece of the European Union and the world’s third richest economy. The first German Empire dates back to the Roman Empire starting in the 8th century AD. During the Middle Ages the German Empire fended off many attacks against their soil from the Hungarians and the Slavs. Fighting and power struggles continued until the 1400’s, when the modern world gradually

Germany had been preparing for war long before WWI started. In 1898, Kaiser Wilhelm II directed the German Chief of Staff Alfred Von Schlieffen to think up a plan that would allow Germany to obtain power and declare itself as a dominant state. The plan took nine years to finalize based on the theory that if Germany went to war, they would be faced with a two-front war with France and Russia because of the Franco-Russian alliance that was in place at that time. Wilhelm II was anxious that Britain

Today im going to be discussing how life for Jewish people in Germany changed between 1933 and 1939. This was due to Hitler believe that the allowable probably was Jews and Treaty of versailles.So Hitler wanted a better Germany he dreamed of a powerfull germany so he determined to make Germany rule the world.The solution to all these problems was to banish the Jews from society. With this political message and the promise to make Germany a large and economically powerful country Hitler’s party won

Germany and the European Union As it began, our century drew to a close, with Germany once again the economic powerhouse and political hub of Europe. What is remarkable is how quickly this happened, how unbidden and unanticipated: the toppling of the Berlin Wall in November 1989; the reunification a year later; the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War in late December 1991; a resurgent impetus to West European integration in 1992; and NATO enlargement, which was consecrated