This was a way of developing relations with the GDR with diplomacy and agreement and it led to a series of agreements which helped smooth relations between the West and East such as, the treaty of Moscow where the FRG and the USSR agreed that they had no territorial claims against each other. This calmed both the sides of Germany down because the GDR was controlled by the USSR. This agreement was a big step towards diplomacy between them since territory was a big issue as it was a symbol of dominance and power. The Treaty of Warsaw was another agreement made by both Germanys. The FRG agreed to respect the GDR’s border with Poland which was the Oder Neisse line and The Four Power treaty, or the berlin accord, was also agreed.
Because there were so many German-speaking people and “Self Determination”, the Sudetenland was thought to belong to a German leader. The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty that put an end to World War I between the allies and central powers. The policy of appeasement was one of the main reason World War II plunged. Appeasement is simply giving up land in order to avoid upcoming war. During World War II, there were many acts of aggression.
They feared of a future German invasion. Also, they wanted control over the Baltic states (countries bordering Russia) because in both world wars Germany invaded Russia through those states because they were weak. They wanted their people in the governments of those countries so they could be relied upon. But U.S. and Britain wanted those countries to be independent, but really they did not want communism to expand. And the U.S. and Germany could not agree upon what to do with Germany, so it ended up being divided: West Germany to U.S. and Great Britain and West Germany to the Soviets.
What’s the ‘Declaration of the Liberated Europe’? How was it significant to the development of the Cold War rival alignments? It was an agreement of Yalta Conference that stated the previously German-controlled nations’ rights to determine their own future. Stalin demanded a communist Poland in spite of the agreement reasoning that Poland had been used as a route of the German invasions of Russia (so a Soviet-friendly Poland would be a buffer against German aggression). 3.
This is known as 'particularism', the principle of leaving each state in a federation free to govern itself and promote its own interests. The chancellor of Austria, Metternecht, believed it was in Austria's interests to keep Germany divided and therefore easier to control. Austria also supported particularism in the Confederation as unification of Germany would encourage nationalism leading indefinitely to unrest in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and possibly the disintegration of it. Prussia was given more land in central and
“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? When regarding the achievements to the political establishment maintaining the political status quo, it is considerable debatable whether this was through a policy of moderate form or instead only conserving their status by force. Many would agree their status was genuinely through moderate reform, this is because evidence for the input to social legislation, including policies such as Bismarck's Tarrif Law, Sickness Insurance law, the Anti-Socialists Laws and finally advancements with in the economy. Evidently, each of these points ensured citizens reassurance and trust within the political establishment as they benefited the public in different ways. However, many would agree that the politcal establishment only obtained there status quo through the use of force.
The Long Telegram and NSC- 68 George Kennan’s long telegram was a response letter to the Soviet’s position. He was basically saying that we could not make ends meet with the Soviet Union because of their philosophy and suspicious leadership. He also, felt capitalism and communism would never mesh under communism. He felt the Soviet Union would try and spread communism globally to attack capitalism and stop western ideas from spreading in communist countries. Kennan predicted the types of laws the Soviet would try to make to defeat the U.S. and explained why we should accept them.
The Germans had come to the table hoping to hear Wilson saying, “the equality of nations upon which peace much be founded on if it is to last must be an equality of rights..” (German Peace Delegation, p. 76) Instead they were hit with several Billion reichmarks in reparations, a reduced military and many other limitations politically, economically, militarily and territory wise (The Versailles Treaty, 1918). Germany was to blame for the war, as were all of Europe. However the old adage, to the victor goes the spoils. With such documents as the Zimmerman Note, one can only speculate on the terms handed down by a victorious
It could be argued that both conservative and labour parties between 1951 - 1970 had some similar domestic policies mainly due to the post war consensus. Set up in 1945 by the Attlee government, the consensus meant welfare for the public and nationalisation of businesses which were evidently carried on by the two parties between 1951 - 1970 with the welfare state still existing today. However it could be argued that domestic policies mainly differed. For example economically, Conservative leader, Macmillan focused on funding housing whilst Labour leader, Wilson focused on funding science and technology. Politically, the Conservatives learned to accept the welfare state which adapted from the 1942 Beveridge report.
It is quite obvious by now that Germany is not honoring our decision of being neutral. As stated in the policy of neutrality, participants of the war, like Germany, may not attack countries, like the United States, who are neutral. Disregarding this policy, Germany continues to attack our merchant ships entering Great Britain, often with U-boat submarines. As if it hadn’t been enough from sinking the Lusitania, a British passenger liner, before on May 7th, 1915. In this case, the innocent passengers on the boat were not warned by the Germans, like they were supposed to, that they were going to be blown up and sink the ship.