Essays Tagged: "german states"

BISMARCK'S GERMANY

Bismarck's Germany Every country has its creators. In Germany, Otto Von Bismarck isone of them. After be ... ntry has its creators. In Germany, Otto Von Bismarck isone of them. After being a major a player in German unification, Bismarckeagerly joined into Germany's politics becoming chancellor. The setting ... hancellor. The setting upof the German government, suppression of the Catholic Church's influenceon Germany, and the denouncing of socialism, are events that Bismarck washeavily involved in during his ...

(2 pages) 145 0 3.8 Dec/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

This is a brief discription of the German Unification

German UnificationThe unification of Germany was quicker and more valid than that of Italy's. Most o ... unification of Germany was quicker and more valid than that of Italy's. Most of Europe did not like Germany for the fact that they did not want a large power of German's in the middle of Europe. Befor ... not want a large power of German's in the middle of Europe. Before unification there had been 300+ German states. During the 30 years war tens of thousands of Germans died, resulting in a new generat ...

(2 pages) 57 0 4.3 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

The Blitzkrieg and the Invasion of Poland... This is a study of the events leading up to the German invasion of Poland and the influence of Guderian and the Blitzkrieg on the outcome.

ry. The nazi government under Adolph Hitler had gone to great lengths to fund and revolutionize the German armed forces, particularly with the Luftwatte and the newly created Panzer Division. These tw ... ly created Panzer Division. These two assets combined with infantry units were the main elements of Germany's Blitzkrieg or Lightening War. These methods were new and unproven by the Germans and would ...

(10 pages) 156 1 4.2 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Germany's Quest for Unification.

The German people were ecstatic about the founding of the German Reich in 1871, after having been fragme ... since the time of Frederic Barbarossa . The euphoria and sentiments were not shared by many of the German Reich's neighbours due to various reasons. It is clear that Germany's future neighbours were ... s due to various reasons. It is clear that Germany's future neighbours were profoundly adamant that Germany remain divided. They did not want the more than 30 fragmented pieces to unite under one Germ ...

(9 pages) 122 0 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Summary of factors on the unification of Germany.

Unification of Germany was made possible largely by Bismarck, as there were other factors prior to his policies tha ... he collapsing of the Congress of Vienna, which in turn resulted, to having 'freed' individual small German states to be on their own. This factor created a window of opportunity to Prussia and Bismarc ... Schleswig-Holstein to be part of Prussia. Bismarck uses the opportunity at hand to get hold of new German territories by convincing William I to do so and by initially getting Austria to go against D ...

(2 pages) 54 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Brief history of the Thirty Years War.

through Europe because of the constitutional frailty of the Holy Roman Empire, the inability of the German states to act in concert, and the ambitions of other European powers. The Catholic Princes we ... ted from the Empire. The treaty not only brought an end to the Thirty Years' War but also destroyed Germany. Germany was rendered economically bankrupt and politically dismembered, divided into about ...

(2 pages) 65 2 2.6 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > International Organizations & Conflicts

Empress Catherine the Great

Catherine II is remembered as one of the greatest reformers of Russia. Catherine was born a German princess in one of the tiny German states, but nevertheless she turned out to be a powerful a ... was born in the Baltic seaport town of Stettin, Pomerania on April 21, 1729 to Christian August, a German military prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Princess Joanna Elizabeth of Holstein-Gottorp. At Empre ...

(9 pages) 84 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Was increased expenditure on educational provision in nineteenth century Europe a sound investment?

ng was only tried to mediate to all layers of the population in Scandinavia, the Netherlands and in Germany. In Prussia and other German states it was obligatory to attend primary school from the age ... tive impacts of the investment for the education in nineteenth century Europe using the examples of Germany and France. The discussion that follows is broken down into four sections: The first section ...

(10 pages) 41 0 4.3 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

What obstacles were there to the re-establishment of Jewish life in occupied Germany and in the two German states during the 1950s, and to what extent were they overcome?

rvivors had the conviction that the dimension of the crimes had put an end to anti-Semitism in both German states. However the reality looked different: In the first decade of the post - war period in ... - war period in Germany, a virulent anti-Semitism in society as well as in politics existed in both German states.The average reaction of society and of the representatives of the bureaucracy towards ...

(9 pages) 43 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Development of Lutheranism

artin Luther and John Calvin soon gained widespread popularity as their ideas spread throughout the German states. Yet, as the Protestant Reformation progressed, the religious and political views and ... ideas. As a result, Martin Luther's movement failed to spread extensively beyond the borders of the German and Scandinavian states, while John Calvin's ideas gained international appeal.The spread of ...

(2 pages) 50 0 3.5 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Why did the revolutions of 1848 achieve so little in Germany?

The German Revolutions where sparked off by the overthrowing of the French King Louis-Philippe. The news ... French King Louis-Philippe. The news spread and sparked off revolutions in many small southwestern German states that gradually spread northwards. These revolutions received help with information fro ... irst meeting was in the May of 1848. It consisted of 596 members one for every 50,000 people in the German states. The way the Frankfurt parliament wanted to run the new German state was to have a gre ...

(3 pages) 24 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Napoleon Bonaparte vs. Otto von Bismark

marck was coherently to unify their countries. Bismarck however was trying to bring Prussia and the German states together as a whole. France was already one nation. Napoleon found that by military su ... stria, and France. Military success led way to the dominance of France, during Napoleons reign, and Germany, during Bismarck's reign, in all of Europe. Another factor which both men compare to is, tha ...

(3 pages) 49 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

"Nationalism was probably the most important cause of unification". Discuss with reference to Germany.

The Germany unification, which was carried out in 1864-1871. The unification movement was often describe ... ess their loyalty to their nation, they attempt to unite themselves into a larger nation state. The German states were only a collection of states before the rise of Napoleon. When Napoleon defeated A ... e of Napoleon. When Napoleon defeated Austria and Prussia in the early 19th century, he grouped the German states together into a Confederation of the Rhine and helped to promote among the Germans an ...

(3 pages) 92 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Unification of germany Bismarck

"Unification of Germany by Bismarck, was not planned, it was improvised." - Discuss.When Otto von Bismarck became Mi ... it was improvised." - Discuss.When Otto von Bismarck became Minister-President of Prussia in 1862, German nationalism was already more than 40 years old. First apparent in the opposition to Napoleon' ... as already more than 40 years old. First apparent in the opposition to Napoleon's occupation of the German states, national feeling grew into a movement after 1815. This feeling was encouraged by a gr ...

(4 pages) 56 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

The Failure of German Liberalism

The failure of German liberalism can be attributed in part Austrian Prince Klemens von Metternich and German chance ... e spread of liberal ideas by heavily regulating and censoring newspapers throughout Austria and the German states. In this document he also set guidelines for heavy punishments to both the students an ... iversities for participation in the distribution of liberal ideology. This early oppression against German liberal thinking would help pave the way for Bismarck to take advantage of the liberal popula ...

(1 pages) 49 1 3.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Defending Bismarck

Catholics to worship freely, and violated the Prussian constitution, he accomplished a lot for the German States. Some people may look back and think it was wrong to go about things the way he did, b ... nk it was wrong to go about things the way he did, but at that time, he was doing what was best for Germany. He brought about so much good for Germany and he deserves respect for how well he used poli ...

(3 pages) 52 1 4.9 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Compare and contrast the two main figures of the European history of the 19th century: Napoleon III and Bismarck

them. The legacy Napoleon left for France was strategic paralysis; the legacy the Bismarck left for Germany was unassimilable greatness"(statement made by Henry Kissinger) is in my opinion a correct s ... could be taken over after such changing of Europe.Bismarck main objective was to bring together the German states and to form a powerful great German State; this is why he became the main architect in ...

(8 pages) 72 1 3.7 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Motivation Behind the Unification of Germany in 1871

As with the motivations behind the unification of most modern nations, the unification of Germany in 1871 can be attributed to many varied causes, of which the following three must be said t ... been present in Britain for at least a century before this).By 1816, they had become established in Germany in the form of the Burschenschaften , a fraternity of university students from the various g ...

(4 pages) 44 0 3.7 Jul/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

German unification-important factors (point form)

out for him. It was a matter of how he utilizes them.Recognized opportunities and utilized them to Germany s benefit (used the Luxemburg issue to gain public opinion of the three Southern German stat ... when there was a strong disagreement between France and Prussia about the union of the three south German states with the North Confederation. This led to the Franco-Prussian war,It was Bismarck s in ...

(3 pages) 42 0 3.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Why did it take so long for the nations of Europe to defeat Napoleon I?

he had managed to expand French territory into Italy, he had annexed the Austrian Netherlands, The German States, the Batavian Republic, later on he annexed parts of Egypt, and Parts of Spain. It was ...

(3 pages) 19 0 0.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History