The goals of the United States were to rebuild a war-devastated region, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, and make Europe prosperous again. The act was named after Secretary George Marshall. The Marshall Aid was so important because it was used to restrict the Soviet “sphere of influence” from expanding as European countries preferred the idea of being rich instead of having to share their wealth with others. Many countries that were unofficially owned by Stalin were more interested in joining the USA with the Marshall Aid, but Stalin managed to “persuade” them to protest against Truman’s methods. Despite this, the Marshall Aid was a success and it bolstered the armies of Europe significantly, which put Stalin in a more vulnerable position.
By convincing Hindenburg that there was a large communist threat the country was put into a state of emergency and, with Hindenburg’s backing, Hitler was allowed to pass decrees to govern Germany anyway he liked, with the financial backing of krupp and bosch etc, which in this case is fortunate for the question at hand. Consequently this is why I believe it was the most important event to dictatorship because it was the “spark” that allowed any other event to happen and without it democracy may have just struggled on. One of these events was the election in 1933. Now Hitler had the power to convince Hindenburg to allow him
The political establishment in Germany succeeded in maintaining the political status quo through a policy of moderate reform. How far do you agree with this judgement? The political establishment in Germany did succeed in maintaining its power through a policy of moderate reform; however, it can also be argued that this was also achieved by using extreme reforms as well for instance the suppression of the SPD. The moderate reforms gave a small power to the Reichstag which looked great but as a whole it was completely useless in the part of the Reichstag because of the Kaiser’s power to easily dissolve it. Bismarck who recognised the appeal to Germany's growing working classes, initiated a "carrot and stick" approach of simultaneous repression and an overt effort to acquire popular support.
Each country had different aims for entering the war. Germany wanted to unite all German people and unify Germany. England desired to keep the price and possession by occupying the Empire, so their aim was to make sure that there is no competition among other countries. France wanted to be even with Prussia because Germany embarrassed them in ‘Franco-Prussia war’ by forcing them to sign on treaty. Russia was keen to expand their territory and to get a warm water port.
The war had caused the USA and the USSR to become the new superpowers of the world. They had been allies in the defeat of Germany but with different ideologies, suspicions grew and conflicts began. The USA was democratic in that the public elected people from different parties whereas the USSR was a one party dictatorship where people could only vote for communists. This meant that everything was owned by the state and every one’s individual rights were closely controlled as they believed the most important thing was the good of society as a whole. This differs to the USA, who was Capitalist, which meant private individuals owned industry and kept the profits.
The term appeasement is very relevant when describing the causes of World War II. Appeasement is when a potentially dangerous nation’s demands are met in order to maintain peace, as well as to avoid war. It is because of appeasement that countries like Japan, Italy, and Germany were able to occupy, as well as take over, other countries. The country that is responsible for appeasement is Britain. Having a huge leadership role in the League of Nations, Great Britain played the largest role in allowing Italy, Germany, and Japan to take advantage of other nations, and eventually take them over.
There were many reasons how the Nazi Soviet Pact played a greater part in causing war in 1939 than the policy of appeasement such as an important factor, which let Hitler invade Poland without having to fight a war on two fronts. Also, after the failure of appeasement, the British had guaranteed polish security. Once Germany invaded, the British would be forced to declare war. The Nazi Soviet Pact can be considered major causes of World War Two, however the policy of appeasement was the most important reason for the war. The Nazi-Soviet pact was responsible for the outbreak of war because France and Britain had decided to finally intervene.
These aims were achieved to varying degrees of success. As a result of the Great War, the British Empire was extended even further, notably in Africa and the Middle East, helping to secure their power status across the globe. Their ‘great power’ status was further cemented by the post war treaties that ended some of the world’s empires notably the Ottoman Empire (under the Treaty of Sevres) and the Austro-Hungarian Empire (under the Treaty of Saint-Germain). Russia also was incapable of dominating Europe at this time as its empire had fallen and the country was consumed by civil war. But most importantly, the Treaty of Versailles weakened Germany to the point that it would not be economically or militarily able to pose a threat in Europe for some years.
Through policies like Marshall Aid they pumped a lot of money into Western Europe. Marshall Aid had acted like a catalyst for economic recovery in Western Europe. They felt that by building up war torn countries, there was a much smaller chance of communism being able to take hold. USA believed that poverty was a key condition for the spread of communism hence why they made an effort to build up various countries in Western Europe. A particularly good example of this was Germany when USA pumped a lot of resources into their area.
Why Was the Berlin Blockade so Important? By early 1948 Stalin had control of most of Eastern Europe. The Americans responded to this by making the Western Europe wealthy and pro-American because they saw the Soviet Union as a threat and a weak Germany could be taken over by communism and a strong Germany could act as a buffer against communism. On the other hand Stalin thought that a strong Germany could repeat the invasions on 1914 and 1941 so he stripped them of all useful equipment and machinery. In 1947 Britain and France decided to join their zones together (Bizonia) and then a few months later France joined to make it (Trizonia).