The allies disagreed over the treatment of Germany in 1919 because they all had different experiences of war. France is geographically situated right next to Germany‚ and had the most casualties and damage‚ as the battles had largely taken place on French soil . They were old enemies‚ having been humiliated in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles with the establishment of the Second German Empire in 1870-1871. The Prime Minister‚ Clemenceau was the Mayor of Paris during the siege of 1870-1871‚ where
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The British were fighting against the Dutch to stop their trade with the Americans. Another reason why the British lost this colonial war for independence is the British had to bring troops and all of their supplies across a wide ocean. Also the British public had stopped supporting the long and costly war against the Americans. And the British military
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the biggest army‚ and it was the best trained and most powerful out of all armies involved in World War One. However Britain‚ being completely surrounded by water‚ had large powerful navy helped to keep the empire safe. Also‚ it wasn’t until after WW1 that Air Force really played its part‚ as planes were still rather early in development and could not fly from country to country and accurately bomb a target. All the countries began a "contest" for who was the best by doing all that stuff. They
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Why did the Liberals win the 1906 election? In the1870s‚ the Conservative Party won three out of four elections and formed the government for 17 years out of a total of 20 years. It reflected the Conservative Party was the most powerful party in England at that time; they even had an overpowering majority of seats in the House of Lords. They had support from everywhere. However‚ the situation changed dramatically when the Liberal party won the general election in 1906 with an overwhelming majority
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Why did the Bolsheviks win the Russian Civil War? The Russian Civil War raged from 1918 until the start of 1921. During this time the Bolsheviks faced massive opposition to their rule in the form of the White Armies‚ led by the former officers of the Tsarist state‚ and also from intervention by the forces of foreign countries. The Bolsheviks were surrounded‚ and often outnumbered by their opponents. At times‚ their situation seemed hopeless. Yet‚ by the start of 1921‚ the Bolsheviks had defeated
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starting with the Revolutionary war. As years passed and national division became evident there was discussion on who would win the fight between the free and enslaved states. Over time it has become apparent that the colonies and the confederacy have shared many qualities‚ which makes one wonder how is it that the colonies won‚ but the confederacy did not? The reason the South didn’t win the Civil War was because they were outgunned‚ out supplied‚ received no international aid and this time‚ their enemy
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center of Europe‚ which involved the world’s greatest powers. The First World War was fought between the Allies (Britain‚ France and Russia) and the Central Powers (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy). 11 November 1918‚ World War One officially ended. Germany surrendered to the Allies and conferences were established in order to restore the world. But why was Germany defeated and why were the Allies victorious? Back then‚ Germany faced a lot of problems in the war. German strategies and submarine campaigns
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This paper centers on the reasons why the US fail to win the Vietnam war. There are many reasons. Firstly‚ the US couldn’t expand the scale of the war. As for the US，it might lose if not expand the scale‚ but it must lose if it expanded. The biggest enemy of the US is the Soviet union‚ and the most important place it should protect is the Europe. If the US expand the scale of the war in Vietnam‚ pitting a large number of troops to the place where is far from the Europe‚ complaining with Chinese
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nation. The communists won the civil war in 1949 for many reasons. Although they did not have many things the KMT had‚ they had enormous support from the peasants. As 95% of the Chinese population‚ the peasants were the main citizens of the country. Through this mass support‚ Mao Zedong was able to achieve many things. So why did the communist win the civil war? This essay examines the different reasons why the Communist won the Civil War. Ever since 1934‚ two main political parties in China
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for destroying Vietnam’s jungle with chemicals like Agent Orange‚ killing large areas of their jungle and forcing Viet Cong troops to move further inland. America entered the war with an idea of using traditional methods to conquer land in order to win the war.
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