The Two Front War occurred when Russia became fearful and somewhat paranoid of the intentions of Germany. In 1879‚ Otto von Bismark created a dual alliance with Austria-Hungary against Russia and France. Russia became fearful of Germany’s intentions because of this alliance. Russia believed that this dual alliance was ultimately against them. The fears drove Russia towards opening up a negotiation with Germany‚ possibly in hopes of creating an alliance of their own. Bismark was quick to see to the
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Westphalia->end of Holy Roman Empire Luther-> Charles V-> Philip II->Mary I of England->sinking of Spanish Armada Luther-> Council of Trent-> reintroduction of Inquisition-> Dutch Revolt-> Peace of Westphalia->Congress of Vienna-> independence of Belgium IV 95 Thesis-> Council of Trent->witch hunts-> Scientific Revolution-> Heliocentric universe-> Enlightenment-> Deism Adam Smith->Malthus-> Darwin->Herbert Spencer-> Cecil Rhodes Gunpowder-> standing army-> absolute kings-> Enlightenment->
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On 16 December 1944‚ Adolf Hitler launched a massive attack in the Ardennes Forest‚ southern Belgium. His primary goal was to recapture the Harbor of Antwerp to deny the Allies use of the port facilities. He believed that marking a repeat of what the Germans had done three times previously–in September 1870‚ August 1914‚ and May 1940‚ would secure another win. This attack lasted approximately one month and few weeks ending 25 January 1945. The Battle of the Bulge was Hitler’s last attempt to win
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involving especially Germany at an early stage of the war: the von Schlieffen plan. In 1914‚ Germany tried to pursue the so-called “von Schlieffen plan”‚ in which the goal was to surround the French armies. They planned to do so by flying through Belgium to the coasts of France‚ to then capture the Channel ports and use the way of the rivers to surround France‚ their support and their navy. This was easier said than done; the Belgian resistance was strong‚ making Germany unable to capture the Channel
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order to be prepared for the real action. The boys don’t think the war would be too bad but deeper into the novel‚ they learn the truth of the Great War. They face the bullets and experience the reality with tragedies‚ discoveries and more occurring. Belgium teaches Thomas about war‚ death‚ destruction and most of all the fear and unexpectance of any possibilities. Tommo remembers
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defeat them within six weeks‚ and then to turn back and defeat Russia. Unfortunately for them‚ they relied too much on hoping Russia would take more than six weeks to mobilise‚ which didn’t happen. Also‚ as the Germans went through Belgium to get into France‚ Belgium had a treaty
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1.1.1 Walloon and French – an Ancient Relationship Nowadays‚ the diglossic situation in Wallonia is characterized by a clear hegemony of French over Walloon‚ with no monolingual Walloon speakers and a rapidly decreasing population of speakers‚ Nevertheless‚ it is pertinent to specify that Walloon successfully managed to survive French pressures over a long period of time. Distributive Linguistic Functionality in Evolution The first testimonies of a French presence in Wallonia date from the beginning
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1 A language in question – Walloon 1.1 A piece in the Belgian Puzzle – Wallonia Within the federal state of Belgium‚ Wallonia is both a Region and a Community‚ two terms which reflect different political realities‚ the former is based on the principle of territoriality with Brussels‚ Flanders and Wallonia‚ while the latter was created on the premise of cultural and linguistic solidarity with the Flemish‚ Walloon and German-speaking Communities (Francard 2013: 29-30). The concept of Community
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Jan. 1923: Invasion of the Ruhr The Ruhr is one of Germany’s most valuable industrial and mining area. End 1922: Germany failed to pay reparations to France as part of TOV In response‚ the French occupied the Ruhr. Campaign of ‘passive resistance’ was Germany’s response and resulted in a decline in industrial productivity ‘Passive resistance’ affected Germany economy Weimar government still dedicated to maintain commitment to TOV o Reparation bill: US $32 billion Instead
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really thought that there should be an instruction manual for whoever moves to Texas. The movie Fear and Trembling relates the story of Amelie Nothomb‚ a Belgian young woman. Amelie was born and raised in Japan‚ but her family background comes from Belgium. She moved back there when she was five. The film tells the story of Amelie‚ whenever she returned to Japan after getting the job offer as an interpreter within one of the most important Japanese company: Yumimoto. She always admired the Japanese
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