The 1920’s was not without conflict but there were no major international conflicts that erupted into war. The reason for this was overwhelmingly the of legacy of the...
The influence of the merchant class in European affairs led to the growth of mercantilism. Linked directly with capitalism, the mercantilist theory was based on the idea that...
France was in rough shape in 1789. King Louis XVI desperately needed money, so he was forced to call the Estates General in May. The disgruntled Third Estate...
After the Franco-Prussian war 1871, Germany kept France isolated as Bismarck formed a system of military alliance that did not allow France to form any alliances. But, the...
In 18th century Europe, nations focused nearly all their attention on the struggle for power, dominance, and territory. Four major players took stage: Austria, led by the Habsburg...
The First World War was not over by Christmas 1914 because of the following reasons: The Schlieffen Plan of the Germans was to pass through Belgium (considered as...
I agree with this statement. Hitler had one aim of making Germany a great power again by acquiring Lebensraum (Living space) for Germans. He claimed that German population...
United Nations has played a very important role in a number of international crisis by arranging negotiations, ceasefire and providing peacekeeping forces. Apart from this political role it...
When the Bolsheviks came into power in 1917 in Russia, a conference in 1919 was held in Moscow in which Lenin invited representative of Communist Parties of the...
After the allied victory, Germany was divided into four zones occupied by Soviet, France, British and USA as agreed at Yalta and Potsdam. The city of Berlin geographically...
