But Germany catapulted from being the fifth largest naval force to the second largest. So I would have been proud. And I would gain confidence. d. Based on the state of the arms race in 1914, if you were a British citizen, how would you feel? Explain why.
Kleindutch supporters saw in Prussia a more cohesive state, which was less archaic and more progressive economically. Also Bismark was more determined to prepare his army and do anything to unify with Prussia. It was the famous blood and iron theory. Also his international diplomacy was a key figure on the unification with Germany. Between 1864 and 1865 he promoted an alliance with Austria reasoning that this would allay the fears of the southern German states, which were more naturally inclined towards Vienna than Berlin.
In many ways, Germany and the USA were similar in their national goals, except that the USA had reached hers by 1900. Germany desired to have a similar position with limited overseas empire and a
By doing this Wilhelm aggravated Britain because they had the largest navy in the world and because Wilhelm was colonizing along the borders of British colonies. Wilhelm’s increase in German navy fleets started an arms race with Britain in 1910; losing hope of an alliance with the country and also losing hope of keeping France isolated, a hope in which Bismarck also had. Because Bismarck (along with Wilhelm) dreaded a two front war with France he strung a web of alliances with countries such as Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Italy and was hoping to add Britain to his long list of allies. The differences that Bismarck
Despite their inaccurate names (none of them actually lasted 5 years), these economic experiments laid the foundation for the emergence of the USSR as a world superpower. The first five year plan (1928-33) was primarily focused on heavy industry growth. Created by Gosplan, the targets were increased twice by Stalin. Each of these increases made the targets even more unrealistic. For example, of the four main parts of heavy industry; Coal, Iron, Steel and Oil, only the targets for oil production were met and exceeded by 1932.
This helped Peter strengthen his rule as he was able to consolidate this through military success. Peter’s success as a warrior was recognised by the award of the epithet “the Great” after the treaty of Nystadt, and it could be argued that military victories, which encouraged patriotism and raised the Tsar’s popularity, were the only factor which prevented a coup, such was the opposition to his domestic reforms. Therefore foreign assistance in this field was of paramount importance, as it was this invaluable military strength that allowed him to further his
His powerful speech was influential and enabled the German public to feel more optimistic within the war as well as regime. Another reason why the Nazis proclaimed to total war was because Hitler was keen on establishing Germany as a strong nation. The defeats
The formal unification of Germany into a politically and administratively integrated nation state occurred on 18 January 1871 at the Versailles Palace's Hall of Mirrors. Princes of the many German states gathered there to proclaim Wilhelm of Prussia as Emperor Wilhelm I of the German Empire. Unification was a complicated process. Historians debate whether or not Otto von Bismarck, the Minister-President of Prussia, had a master-plan to expand the North German Confederation of 1866 to include the remaining independent German states into the German Empire — or whether he simply sought to expand the power of the Kingdom of Prussia. This article also addresses the factors beyond the strength of Bismarck's Realpolitik that led to unification.
Why, and to what extent, had Prussia replaced Austria as the leading power in the German Confederation by 1862? The period 1815 to 1862 was one that witnessed the steady rise of Prussian economic and political power and the equally steady decrease in the power and influence of Austria. These years witnessed a struggle between Prussia and the Austrian Empire to gain influence in the German Confederation, which ultimately ended with Prussia in ascendance. While there is no doubt that Prussia emerged as the dominant power in the German Confederation, there were a number of factors that contributed to this and no sole one was the cause of this rise in power. However, in 1815 this future trend was not at all apparent.
Discuss the importance of the role Bismarck as a cause of German unification. It has been said by several historians that the second half of the nineteenth century was the ‘Age of Bismarck.’ In the mid 1800’s Bismarck provided dynamic leadership- a trait which had been lacking during the events of 1848-89. Ian Mitchell stated “Bismarck was everywhere.” However, there has been a considerable degree of debate concerning the role of Bismarck in the unification of Germany. Some argue that unification would have been inevitable and had nothing to do with Bismarck, although others argue that the unification was solely down to Bismarck’s role. Other factors are such as French revolutionary ideas swept across Europe, 1848 Revolutions, Prussian economic and military strength.